Railroads -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Liberty Bell in Indianapolis photographs
Collection — Folder SP102
Identifier: SP102
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 2 black-and-white photographs taken in Indianapolis, Indiana when the trains bearing the Liberty Bell stopped in the city in April, 1893 on the way to the Chicago World's Fair, and again in 1904 on the way to the St. Louis World's Fair.
Dates:
1893 April; 1904 November
Lincoln funeral train, Michigan City, Indiana photographs
Collection — Folder SP101
Identifier: SP101
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs showing the Abraham Lincoln funeral train stopped at Michigan City, Indiana on May 1, 1965, on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. The images feature a large memorial arch.
Dates:
1865/05/01
Midland Railway Company report
Collection — Folder S2382
Identifier: S2382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 22-page report on the Midland Railway Company prepared by E. C. M. Rand, an expert railway examiner of Rand's Rating Agency. The report includes an 1889 map of Indiana with a line drawn showing the approximate route of the railroad; a list of the cities, towns and villages the railroad passed through; quotes from affidavits given by people living along the line regarding the condition of the railway; and the estimate by the examiner of the value of the property and...
Dates:
1900
Monon Railroad centennial photographs
Collection — Folder SP107
Identifier: SP107
Scope and Contents
This collection contains black-and-white photographs taken by Foster Photos of the Monon Railroad centennial on July 30, 1947, which included a parade and ride on the Monon railroad to New Albany, Indiana.
Dates:
1947/07/30
Monon Railroad collection
Collection
Identifier: L317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters; typed, signed letters; autographed documents; company information; maps; an incomplete dissertation; notes; and newspaper and magazine information from Leland S. Van Scoyoc in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company and Monon Railroad Company in Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from 1842 to 1957 and regarding the railroad's history.
Dates:
1842-1957, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Monon Railroad collection
Monon Railroad Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L101
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, stock transaction records, ledgers, company reports, newspaper clippings, railroad ticket stubs and envelopes, business cards and memorabilia, such as playing cards, a patch, a pamphlet, and centennial commemorative seals, from Monon Railroad Company and others in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and the United States, ranging from 1946 to 1972 and undated, regarding the organization and its activities.
Dates:
1946-1972, undated
New York Central and South Shore Line railroads photographic slides
Collection — Folder SP040
Identifier: SP040
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 33 35mm slides in Indiana circa 1950s of locomotives of the New York Central Railroad, photographed by Dr. S. D. Marty, and the South Shore Line Railroad, photographed by Paul Meyer.
Dates:
circa 1950
Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company collection
Collection — Folder S2383
Identifier: S2383
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to the foreclosure sale of the Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana, including a May 15, 1876 "Description and Terms of Sale" document; a June 16, 1876 circular letter to the bondholders of the company; a July 1, 1876 letter written by Joseph W. Sprague and sent to Joseph W. Alsop of New York City; an August 10, 1876 estimate of the value of the property written by Sprague; a copy of a flyer advertising the August 14, 1876 sale...
Dates:
1864-1876
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (both originals and typed transcripts), writings, sheet music, financial records, journals, papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, clippings, pamphlets, and realia from the Pierce, Krull, Vinton, and Moore families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana; Genesso, Illinois; California; and the United States, ranging from 1834 to 1963, regarding their family, friends, business interests, education, careers, recreational and social...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Madison, Indiana inclined plane photographs
Collection — Folder SP174
Identifier: SP174
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two black-and-white photographs from Heberhart and Son in Madison, Indiana in 1897, depicting an inclined plane for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad near Madison. The accompanying typed, descriptive labels were created by W. G. Heberhart in Madison and taken from the label on the back of one of the photographs. The images and labels were originally displayed in a glass frame on a wall. They were removed from the frame in 2022 due to...
Dates:
1897, undated
