James W. Wall Photograph Collection undated, 1934-1991

Wall, James W.

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Little is known about James W. Wall other than he served in the United States Army during and after World War II, stationed throughout Europe, including London, England, Normandy, Paris, and Reims, France . He was briefly stationed in Japan following the war. Evidence from the postcards in the collection show that he lived in Arlington, Virginia, in the 1970s and 1980s and was at that time a retired Major. From the guide to the James W. Wall, Photograph Collection, undated, 1934-1991...

Wall, James W.

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Little is known about James W. Wall other than he served in the United States Army during and after World War II, stationed throughout Europe, including London, England, Normandy, Paris, and Reims, France . He was briefly stationed in Japan following the war. Evidence from the postcards in the collection show that he lived in Arlington, Virginia, in the 1970s and 1980s and was at that time a retired Major. From the guide to the James W. Wall, Photograph Collection, undated, 1934-1991...

Boston & Maine Railroad

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Edaville Railroad

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Penn Central

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Boston & Albany Railroad

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Rutland Railroad

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Union Freight Railroad

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New York Central Railroad

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853. However, it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s and 1890s the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland from the east and west. During the early twentieth century the railroad built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that wer...

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.

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New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

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For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York. Approximately one hundred small independent railroads were built in southern New England between 1826 and the 1880s. B...

Amtrak

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

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Formed in 1867 by merger of the Boston and Worcester Railroad (chartered 1831) and the Western Railroad (chartered 1833). Leased to the New York Central in 1899. From the description of Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580906 The Boston and Albany Railroad Company resulted from the development and eventual merger of several railroad lines built to connect eastern Massachusetts with eastern New York state. The firs...

Maine Central Railroad Company

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In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

Rio Grande Railroad

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

National Air & Space Museum

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American Freedom Train

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