Baldwin Locomotive Works World War Two workers group photograph
Creation: 1943Abstract
Baldwin Locomotive Works was a manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 until 1972. This image shows group of about forty male employes and fifteen factory visitors or managers posed on a 8-inch (?) railway gun mount in the Eddystone, Pennsylvania, plant.
Dates
- Creation: 1943
Creator
- Baldwin Locomotive Works (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Historical Note
Baldwin Locomotive Works was a manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 until 1972. The company was originally located in Philadelphia and then later moved to Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Matthias W. Baldwin (1795-1866) founded the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which began as a small machine shop and grew into one of the largest manufacturers of steam locomotives in the United States in the nineteenth century.
Scope and Content
Image shows group of about forty male employes and fifteen factory visitors or managers posed on a 8-inch (?) railway gun mount in the Eddystone, Pennsylvania, plant.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Baldwin Locomotive Works World War Two workers group photograph
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
