Pullman cars photographs
Content Description
This collection contains four files of different Pullman train car photographs, taken from a photograph album. Some trains highlighted are the St. Tammany Special, which ran from New Orleans to Covington and back in the early 20th century, a Pittsburgh B. Gunnellsville train car, built in 1873, a New York Buffet train car, and the "Train of Tomorrow," built in 1945. Also included in this collection are interior shots of the Pullman Observation Car, which ran from 1908 to 1911, various photographs of locomotive steam generators from 1936, and pictures of a train car lifter in Toledo, Ohio.
Dates
- 1860-1940
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
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