Collection, 1888-1976.

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Collection, 1888-1976.

The collection consists of business records, correspondence, personnel records, black-and-white photographs, color photographs, albums, maps, blueprints, linen trace drawings, graphics, and ephemera. Interurban and other railroad companies that operated in Indiana during the 19th and 20th centuries generated most of the material. Railroad companies represented in this collection include: Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company; Indiana Union Traction Company; Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company; Indiana Service Corporation; Interstate Public Service Company; and Central Indiana Railway Company. Other material in the collection consists of manuscript material, photographs, negatives, and clippings accumulated by Edwin P. Belknap for research purposes and personal enjoyment. Images in the collection include views of railway cars, stations, track construction, and railway employees. Albums include views of railroad activity during the late 19th and 20th centuries.

1 box acetate negatives.

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Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Co.

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Belknap, Edwin Star

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Railway enthusiast Edwin P. Belknap of Anderson, Indiana, accumulated this collection before circa 1980. His desire to collect was motivated by an interest in railway history. Material in the collection indicates that Belknap had worked for the Central Indiana and Pennsylvania Railway. From the description of Collection, 1888-1976. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 50823801 ...

Indiana Union Traction Co.

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Indiana Service Corporation.

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Interstate Public Service Company

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Central Indiana Railway Company

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The Central Indiana Railway Company had its origins as the Anderson, Lebanon and St. Louis Railroad, chartered in 1875. It was sold and reorganized as the Cleveland, Indiana and St. Louis Railway in 1882, and then reorganized as the Midland Railway Company in 1885. A Chicago attorney, Henry Crawford acquired control of the line in 1891 and organized it as the Chicago and South Eastern Railway. This line was jointly acquired by the Pennsylvania and Big Four railroads in 1902 and was incorporated ...

Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company.

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