Don Ball, Jr. railroad photograph collection, 1895-1975.

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Don Ball, Jr. railroad photograph collection, 1895-1975.

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The Don Ball, Jr. Railroad Collection consists of 887 photographic images, most of them taken by Mr. Ball, of stations, locomotives, and railroad related scenes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and other New England and eastern United States railroad lines. Most of the images are photographic negatives.

1 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917190

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Ball, Donald L.

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Don Ball, Jr., born in 1938, was a resident of Chester, Vermont. He was a railway consultant, photographer and author. His eight books included Portrait of the Rails, Railroads, an American Journey, and America's Colorful Railroads. He was director of the Steamtown Foundation, which operates Steamtown U.S.A., a railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Bellows Falls, Vermont. From the description of Don Ball, Jr. railroad photograph collection, 1895-1975. (University...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...