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C. Photographs: Foreign railroads
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A. Photographs: Railroads, United States and Canada
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This subseries includes mainline and shortline railroads; some logging and mining railroads, some train stations. There are some views of electric-powered trains on railroads that migrated to electrification (example: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad). At the end of this section is a photograph album of trains across United States, 1939-1947. Note on gaps in content: The collection as received had a relatively small number of photographs of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Southern Pacific Railroad.
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C. Foreign railroads
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This subseries contains a selection of promotional brochures and publications for railroads worldwide. For convenience and context, a few photographs appear in these files when they accompanied printed material. See "Series 2. Photographs--Foreign railroads" for additional photographs.
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A. Negatives: Railroads, United States
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The majority of images in this subseries show single locomotives, with some views of trains in transit or at roundhouses, rail yards or stations. Almost all were made in the 1940s-1950s by Donald Duke and other amateur photographers (chiefly uncredited). There are some copy negatives (copies of other photographs) of early locomotives.
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B. Electric railways (interurban, streetcars and light rail), United States and Canada
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Date ranges in this subseries are not inclusive; the range shows the earliest identified date and the latest identified date within that section. The majority are interurban railroads and streetcar systems, some of which also have bus or ferry service. There are also some light rail and subway systems, approximately 1960s-1990s.
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A. Railroads, United States and Canada
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Date ranges in this subseries are not inclusive; the range shows the earliest identified date and the latest identified date within that section. Some early steam and diesel railroads migrated to electrified lines, so some electric rail items may appear. Also, note that the timetables contain more than train schedules; they often have fold-out route maps, information on towns and cities, connecting lines, special trains and more. Museum and tourist railroads are not included here; see "Subseries D. Subject files -- Museums, Historical Societies and Tourist Railroads."
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Donald Duke collection of railroad and electric railway photographs and ephemera
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This collection consists of railroad photographs, ephemera and publications, 1829-2010, with the bulk of material from the early- to mid-20th century. The focus is chiefly locomotives and trains (steam and diesel) of major railroads and interurban electric railways of the United States and Canada. Also represented in the collection are smaller shortline and narrow-gauge railroads; other foreign railroads; streetcars (or trolleys); and burgeoning light rail and subway systems. Most of the ephemera is printed material produced by railroad companies for promotional and business purposes, such as annual reports, brochures, route maps and guides, timetables, tickets, dining menus, stationery, stock certificates, bond coupons and other items. There are also many city and state tourist guidebooks describing sights along rail routes or promoting land available for farming, mining or home-building across the United States. Also included are items produced for or by railroad employees, such as instruction and safety manuals, train orders, freight bills and in-house newsletters. Railroad industry publications, statistics and reports can be found in the American Association of Railroads files, which are part of Donald Duke's subject files on railroad-related topics. Throughout the ephemera files are newspaper and journal clippings, often from scarce small press and trade publications such as The Railway and Engineering Review, The Railroad Gazette, The Santa Fe Magazine, The Western Railroader, Railway Ageand others.In addition to railroad history, other topics of social and cultural historical interest in the ephemera are: Depictions of African Americans and Native Americans in mass-marketed train travel brochures. There are many examples that reflect American cultural and class stereotypes in the early- to mid-20th century. Selected files are noted in the container list. Occupational safety and health: See railroad worker safety manuals and accident prevention literature in ephemera files. History of food and drink: See numerous dining and beverage menus throughout Railroads and Foreign Railroads ephemera files (not always noted in container list). History of graphic design and typography: See examples of early- and mid- 20th century popular styles in printed ephemera throughout collection. Photographs and negatives: The photographs depict locomotives, freight and passenger trains, logging railroads, electric interurbans and streetcars across the United States. This was primarily a publisher's file of ready-for-press photographs, which are almost all 8 x 10-inch black-and-white prints, made approximately 1950s-1980s. The photographs were made chiefly by various amateur train photographers, including Donald Duke, but most are uncredited. There are some copy prints (photographs of other photographs), and a few original photographs from the late 19th-early 20th century. Some photographs have locations and dates written on the back, but many are unidentified other than the name of the railroad. The negatives are chiefly of locomotives of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("The Santa Fe"), Southern Pacific Railroad, and Union Pacific Railroad, made approximately 1940s-1950s. There are also many views of streetcars of Los Angeles-area lines: Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles Railway, Los Angeles Transit Lines, and the Pacific Electric Railway. There are a few negatives of other railroads, as well as stations, roundhouses, railyards, and copy negatives of miscellaneous train wrecks. The negatives were made by Donald Duke and others (often uncredited), with a small portion of copy negatives.
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