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Volume III: Bridges, circa 1907-1918

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Scope and Contents

This volume includes postcards, photographs and clippings of bridges, including natural stone bridges. Places covered include Italy, France, United States, Romania, Japan, Peru, Austria, India, Canada, England, and Germany. Some depictions are artistic renderings of bridges. Also included in this volume is a 15 page brochure on the Lackawana Railroad.

Dates: Created: circa 1907-1918

Volume IV: Bridges, circa 1904-1915

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Scope and Contents

This volume includes an essay on John A. Roebling's Sons Company. Newspaper clippings, magazine clippings detailing bridge construction, a series of images of bridges by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company in Chicago, advertisements for the American Bridge Company, as well as several other advertisements by bridge companies are included. This volume focuses heavily on massive steel construction. Places covered are Phillipines, United States, South America, and China.

Dates: Created: circa 1904-1915

Volume V: Bridges, circa 1902-1923

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Scope and Contents

This volume includes numerous advertisements for the American Bridge Company of New York, a couple of images of bridge and train wrecks, photographs, postcards, essay and magazine articles about bridges, and depictions of natural stone arches in Arizona, among other various bridges. Places covered include China, United States, Java, India, Africa, England, France, Belgium, Mexico, and Constantinople.

Dates: Created: circa 1902-1923

Volume VI: Bridges, circa 1928-1933

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Scope and Contents

This volume has a classification system on the inside cover which explains the images to follow. The first category is structure and includes five subcategories, simple, girder (which includes deck and thru), suspension, draw, and arch (which includes single and multiple span). The second category is miscellaneous with two subcategories, famous and natural. Places include France, Germany, Switzerland, China, Russia, United States, Sweden, Peru, British Isles, Italy, Spain, and England.

Dates: Created: circa 1928-1933

Volume VII: Spanish Bridges, 1928

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Scope and Contents

Large black and white photographs of bridges throughout Spain.

Dates: Created: 1928