Bruce Cheever railroad photograph collection, 1890-1977.

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Bruce Cheever railroad photograph collection, 1890-1977.

The Bruce Cheever Railroad Photograph Collection documents the growth and development of several railway systems in Washington state, Oregon, other states of the region, and British Columbia from the late 19th Century through the late 20th Century.

3 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752143

Western Washington University

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Cheever, Bruce Bissell

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Bruce Bissell Cheever, an avid scholar of railroad history, amassed a collection of photographs relating to railroads and interurban railway systems in the Pacific Northwest during a lifetime of research on the subject. He earned his Master's Degree in Social Studies from the University of Washington, and became an instructor in the Economics Department at Western Washington State College of Education in 1948. In 1951, Mr. Cheever took a leave of absence from Western to ...