[Letters and other items relating to W.H. Winterrowd and the Baldwin Locomotive Works]. 1941-1943.

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[Letters and other items relating to W.H. Winterrowd and the Baldwin Locomotive Works]. 1941-1943.

Includes letters written to D.O. Coate, professor of English at Wisconsin State Teachers College (La Crosse), by Winterrowd, a noted book collector and Vice President in charge of Operation of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and others, photographs of war armaments produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the May-June 1941 (v. 2, no. 3) issue of the Baldwin Group, and a brochure highlighting products of the Baldwin Group.

1 envelope : ill., ports. ; 39 cm.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Matthias Baldwin (b. 1795), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct "Old Ironsides," his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The po...

Winterrowd, W. H. (William Holland)

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