[Net-Gold] The Erie Railroad Glass Plate Negative Collection

[David P. Dillard]

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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:44:34 -0700 (MST)
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The Erie Railroad Glass Plate Negative Collection

<http://libwww.syr.edu/information/
spcollections/digital/erierr/>

For many decades, the Erie Railroad served
as a conduit for goods, travelers, and ideas
across the Mid-Atlantic to the heartland of
America. A number of glass plate negatives
produced by the company for a variety of
purposes found their way to Syracuse
University, and this digital collection
contains over 700 of these images. The images
can be searched by keyword, image number, or
Library of Congress subject headings.

The photographs depict a bustling world of
railroad-based activities, and they include
compelling shots of stations in New York and
Ohio. Students of transportation architecture
and engineering will benefit from the wide
array of images documenting overpasses,
underpasses, track layouts, and bridges.
It's a site with a broad appeal, and local
historians may find the site useful for their
work as well. [KMG]

From The Scout Report,
Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2009.

<http://scout.wisc.edu/>

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