Photograph Collection ca. 1890-1989.

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Photograph Collection ca. 1890-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369321438

Consists of Solomon's photographic negatives, transparent positives, and prints of railroading in the Southeastern US, particularly the Wiregrass. Many shots are copy negatives or photographs of Solomon's paintings of railroad scenes. Others are on-site shots of trains, yards, tracks, and other facilities. The photos cover the Alabama Midland Railway, Amtrak, Atlanta and St. Andrew's Bay Railway, Apalachicola Northern, Atlantic Coast Line, Bay Line, Central of Georgia, L & N, Plant System, Seaboard Atlantic Line, Southern Railway, and others.

256 photographic negatives, postives, and prints.

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7389153

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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Solomon, Thomas W.

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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

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