William Higginbotham Papers undated, 1895, 1902, 1931-1972

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William Higginbotham Papers undated, 1895, 1902, 1931-1972

http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/higginbotham/MSS20110083.html

William Higginbotham has photographed railroad locomotives and scenes since the 1930s. The papers consist of images of railroad locomotives and cars, stations and structures and other scenes, of street railway cars New England and of trains and scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the New York Central Railroad.

4.5 Linear feet; Ten boxes of photographic prints and negatives.

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6332286

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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