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Baldwin Locomotive Works Trades Exhibit Constitutional Centennial Celebration album

 Collection
Accession: 1983-237
Abstract:

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. This album contains twenty two photographs of Baldwin Locomotive Works train engines, train cars, and parts. The album appears to have been created by company President S.M. Vauclain for the Trades Exhibit at the Constitutional Centennial Celebration.

Dates: 1887

Chicago Railroad Fair photographs and postcards

 Collection
Accession: 1998-244
Abstract:

The Chicago Railroad Fair was the last exposition that featured railroads as its theme. It marked the centennial of the arrival of railroads to Chicago and their role in westward expansion. The exposition was held in 1948 and 1949 in Chicago. This collection consists of souvenir postcards and miniature photographic views of the buildings and locomotives at the Fair.

Dates: 1948-1949

Deadwood Central train at Chicago Railroad Fair postcard

 Collection
Accession: 1998-277
Abstract:

The Chicago Railroad Fair was the first exposition after the Second World War and the last exposition that featured railroads as its theme. It marked the centennial of the arrival of railroads to Chicago and their role in westward expansion. This is a postcard of the narrow gauge Deadwood Central train that carried visitors around the fairground.

Dates: 1948

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Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-1949) 2
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1
Grogan Photo Company (Danville,Ill.) 1
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Vauclain, Samuel M. (Samuel Matthews), 1856-1940 1