Records, 1940-1987.

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Records, 1940-1987.

Contains original sketches and prints, promotional items, and reproductions of Fogg's illustrations of trains used on calendars, menus, table tents, stationery, and magazine and catalog covers. Additional material includes a catalog of cards illustrated by Fogg, a souvenir books of illustrations, and newspaper clippings about Fogg's career.

.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Fogg, Howard

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Howard Fogg was born on April 7, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Chicago Academy of Fine Arts studying cartooning. In 1939 he began working for a railroad company as a clerk, in 1941 Baldwin Locomotive Works hired Fogg as an apprentice engineer, and in 1946 American Locomotive Company (later known as ALCO) hired Fogg as company artist to promote diesel power railcars. Lucius Beebe used Fogg illustrations for most of his books and John Walker Barriger III arranged a large exhibit of Fogg'...

American Locomotive Company

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The American Locomotive Company was incorporated in 1901 by merging 7 small locomotive companies with the Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory (incorprated 1848). In 1955, the company changed its name to Alco Products, Incorporated. In 1964, the Worthington Corporation Acquired Alco. Alco has headquarters in New York City and a main plant in Schenectady, N.Y., with other plants in Auburn and Dunkirk, N.Y., and Latrobe, Pa. Alco's Schenectady facilities have affiliations with Ge...