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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards

National Museum of American History

Assembling steel bridge girders, steel corporation
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Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.1090
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a58d541f-3c2a-4964-b71d-0140ed4e2af4
Creator
Vogel, Robert M.
Former owner
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Topic
Bridges
Buildings
Canals
Dams
Factories
Heavy machinery
Lighthouses
Mines
Mining
Quarries and quarrying
Railroad stations
Tunnels
Waterworks
Provenance
Donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering by curator Robert M. Vogel in 1986. Also included in this gift were stereographs of non-engineering subjects, which were transferred to other Museum divisions.
Creator
Vogel, Robert M.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards
Extent
2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes )
Date
1844-1916, undated
Ownership and Custodial History
The engineering stereographs were transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1090
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stereoscopic photographs
Citation
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series Series 1: Stereograph Cards, 1848-1926
Processing Information
Collection processed by Geoff Kelly, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023. Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2025.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Stereoscopic photographs
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 350 stereo cards of engineering subjects, such as bridges, tunnels, lighthouses, canals, quarries, etc., including both U.S. and foreign subjects.
Restrictions
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.1090
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a58d541f-3c2a-4964-b71d-0140ed4e2af4
NMAH.AC.1090
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1503512090475-1503512090477-0

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  • A Great Lakes freighter laden with ore coming into the Harbor. Conneaut, Ohio

  • Spaulding Brothers' Mill, Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts

  • Washington Monument, Washington, DC

  • A Saw Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Passage over the Alleghanies to the Central West

  • Unidentified bridge

  • Whaleback freighters of ore and grain in canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

  • View on the Pennsylvania Canal from Rockwell's Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad looking west

  • S.K. Pierce's Chair Factory

  • Switzerland of America, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

  • 928, Kinzua Viaduct, 301 foot high B.R. & P Railway

  • Views of Poughkeepsie, New York

  • 73, Kinzua Viaduct, highest in the world, 301 feet

  • Kinzua viaduct

  • 802, R.R. Bridge from picnic grounds

  • Kinzua Viaduct, Erie Railroad, Pennsylvania

  • 785, Portage R.R. Bridge, 234 feet high, 800 feet long

  • Tunnel on Hudson River Railroad, looking north

  • Arcade of Depot, Saratoga Springs, New York

  • Minting

  • Quarrying

  • End of a lumber flume at the lumber yard on the railroad. Oregon

  • Hudson River Railroad and Flat Rock Tunnel, Iona

  • Silver Springs Run, Florida. Agnew's Turpentine Establishment. The Still.


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