Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad photographs subseries, 1922-1923.

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Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad photographs subseries, 1922-1923.

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The photographs are numbered sequentially by negative number and are in rough chronological order. An accompanying log provides item level description. Included is a broad range of documentation of railroad operations, such as images of locomotives, railroad cars, repair shops, interiors, machinery, damaged tools and parts, tracks, grade crossings, signals, inspections, workers and work crews, bridges, tracks, depots, terminals, roundhouses, machine shops, factories, antique locomotives, construction and repair, accidents and damages. There are also several Ohio (Ironton, Jackson, Lima) and Michigan (Detroit and Flat Rock) streetscapes along with photographs of hotels, factories, mines, generators and powerhouses.

2 cubic ft. : photographs on linen, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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