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Series 3: Documentary photographs, ca. 1893-1972

 Series
Identifier: IC:A Photo-3

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Scope and Contents note

Includes sets of photographs used to document a particular event, such as the company's participation in a fair; or to document damage due to river flooding (there are 3 groupings of Mississippi River flood damage photographs). Photo book and single photos, Views along the line of Illinois Central Railroad, by R.A. Beck, including some accident and derailment photographs, [n.d.] The first set of photographs of the Mississippi River flood are undated: approximate dates are 1912, 1913, or 1927.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1893-1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
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