Reading Company photographs 1974.330
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Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Reading Company photographs 1974.330
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5 Elevating of tracks ...... 5 Subject Files ...... 7 Right of Way ...... 7 Bridges ...... 9 Stations ...... 11 Buildings and Facilities ...... 12 Locomotives and Rolling Stock ...... 14 People/Personnel ...... 16 Other Railroads, Scenic Views, Maps, Incidental Construction ...... 16 Miscellaneous ...... 17 Construction of Pennsylvania Avenue (Phila.) Subway and Tunnel ...... 17 Activities of Reading Co. Employees ...... 18 Oversize ...... 29 Right of Way ...... 29 Bridges ...... 31 Stations ...... 31 Buildings and Facilities ...... 31 Locomotives and Rolling Stock ...... 32 Miscellaneous ...... 32 Canals and Dams ...... 32 Philadelphia & Reading Railway, Sectional Maps of the Philadelphia Division ...... 32
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Summary Information
Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: Reading Company Title: Reading Company photographs ID: 1974.330 Date [inclusive]: 1873-1945 Physical Description: 20 Linear Feet General Physical 4932 photographic prints : b&w ; 16 x 20 in. or smaller. ; 1229 Description note: negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. ; 129 items : blueprints ; 45.5 x 78 cm. ; 18 photographic prints : stereograph ; 8.5 x 17 cm. ; 12 prints (postcards) : 9 x 14 cm. or smaller. ; 1 item : printing plate ; 21.5 x. 28.5 cm. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: The Reading Company, chartered in 1871, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coalmines assembled between 1833 and 1896 by its predecessor, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. The collection consists of photographs [negatives, blueprints and other graphic materials relating to the Reading Company and its predecessor, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company.
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Historical Note
The Reading Company, chartered in 1871, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled between 1833 and 1896 by its predecessor, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. The Reading Company owned, leased or held a controlling interest in rail lines throughout southeastern and central Pennsylvania, with branches stretching as far north as Scranton and as far west as Williamsport and Shippensburg. The company also held a controlling interest in the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, giving its lines access to New York City. As a result of anti-trust proceedings, the Reading Company divested itself of its mining subsidiary in 1923. After bankruptcy in the early 1970s, viable portions of the Reading's rail network were conveyed to Conrail on April 1, 1976. The reorganized Reading Company retains real estate and other non-rail assets.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of graphic materials relating to the Reading Company and its predecessor, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.
The bulk of the photographs in the Reading Company collection show views along trackage and work being done on the tracks, views of stations, bridges, buildings owned or utilized by the company and assorted locomotives and rolling stock. Right of way images from within Philadelphia focus on construction projects, as do the majority of the images taken along the company's main line and branches outside the city. Notable among these are photographs of the Manayunk elevated construction, the construction of the low grade freight line in Wayne, and the change of alignment of the Schuylkill River at Port Clinton, change of alignment on the Catawissa Railroad, eliminations of grade crossings at Soderton and Sellersville Photographs of bridges, stations and other Reading Company buildings and facilities (for example, coal yards, freight yards, grain elevators) are included. These photographss include structures in New Jersey as well as those along the Reading's lines in southeastern and central Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Notable among these are construction views of the Kaighn's Point Terminal in Camden and the North Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. Trains are included incidentally in all of these categories. Another file in the collection, however, consists of about 100 undated photos of specific locomotives and rolling stock, some of which did not, in fact, operate on the Reading Company's lines. Also part of the collection are a small number of employee photographs, as well as miscellaneous images including dams, the Schuylkill Canal, Hog Island, and properties owned by other railroads. Lastly, there is a small group of stereographs including a dozen views from Cape May.
These images represent only a fragment of the Reading Company's activities and property holdings during this period. The company's photo archive has been lost or scattered through dispersal.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected]
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Related Materials
Related Material Reading Company records (Accession 1520), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library
Reading Company photographs (Accession 1975.430), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library
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Controlled Access Headings
• Railroads. • Railroads -- Rolling stock • Railroads -- Buildings and structures • Railroads -- Right of way • Railroads -- Employees • Construction projects
Collection Inventory
Elevating of tracks, 1906-1920 Scope and Content
Consists of detailed images of street scenes in Philadelphia surrounding the the elevation of tracks on the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad to eliminate grade crossings. Residential, commercial and industrial areas of the city appear in these photographs; locations along Huntingdon Street, Hunting Park Avenue, Fairmount Avenue and Spring Garden Street appear frequently.
Title/Description Instances
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Binder 1: "Spring Garden Street Station" to "9th and Brown box 1 Streets", 1906-1907
Binder 2: "N. E. corner 9th and Fairmount Avenue" to "N.W. box 1 corner of 9th and Parrish Streets", 1906-1907
Binder 5: "Rear Columbia Avenue Station, Hutchinson Street box 1 side" to "N.W. corner Columbia Avenue & RR", 1906-1907
Binder 6: "RR looking north from Montgomery Street" to "RR box 2 looking west on Colona Street", 1906-1907
Binder 7: "S.W. corner Colona and RR" to "1244 Huntingdon box 2 Street", 1906-1907
Binder 8: "1240 Huntingdon Street" to "Electric Storage Battery box 2 Co., from 19th to RR", 1906-1907
Binder 10: "2300 N. of 13th Street" to "N.W. corner of 19th and box 3 RR", 1907
Binder 11: "3334 N. 19th Street" to "N. E. corner of 20th and box 3 Venango Street", 1907
Binder 12: "1927 Venango Street" to "South side of Hunting Park box 3 Ave. west of RR to Blabon Street", 1907
Binder P2: "South on RR from Susquehanna Avenue east side" to box 4 "looking north from Dauphin Street east side", 1908
Binder P4: "South on RR from 10th Street abutment" to "N. E. box 4 corner, 13th and Cumberland Streets", 1908
Binder P5: "Retaining wall and power house from Broad Street box 4 south" to "Looking south from Norris Street west side", 1908
Binder P6: Coal yard, N. E. corner 10th and Norris Streets" to box 5 "Office and storehouse, Huntingdon Street car cleaning yard, contract #28", 1908-1909
Binder P8: "Looking north from York Street" to "North from box 5 Diamond Street", 1909
Binder P9: "South along 10th Street from RR" to "8th and box 5 Thompson Street", 1909
Binder P11: "S.W. corner 9th and Green Streets" to Footing #22 box 6 east side of 9th Street", 1909
Binder P12: "Master Street Yard, Thompson Street wall, looking box 6 north" to "General view, York Street", 1909
Binder P13: "Looking south, general view, Huntingdon Street" to box 6 "Looking south from Parrish Street", 1909
Binder P20: "Underneath Spring Garden Street Station, east side, box 7 looking north" to "Coaling station, Green Street Yard, east side", 1910
Binder P22: "Looking north Spring Garden Street office building box 7 and station" to "Shelter shed, Columbia Avenue, east side", 1910 - Page 6- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
Binder P25: "RR and Jefferson Street, looking north" to "RR and box 7 Hunting Park Avenue, looking south", 1910
Unnumbered Binder: "818 Columbia Avenue, S. E. corner 9th box 8 Street" to Unidentified, 1907-1910
Unnumbered Binder: "Kensington Avenue looking south" to "RR box 8 and Aramingo Avenue, looking south, derrick", 1913
Unnumbered Binder: "RR and Fairmount Avenue, looking south" box 9 to "East side, bridge over Colona Street", 1908-1911
Binder "Green to Wood": "RR and Spring Garden Street, looking box 9 east" to "Spring Garden Street arch from west", 1913-1914
Binder "PG&N Old-New Tioga" : "RR and Hunting Park Avenue box 9 looking north" to "RR and 16th Street junction looking north", 19061912
Binder "PG&N Old-New Tioga: "Berks and 10th Streets, looking box 9 north" to "Looking North from 13th and Cumberland", 19061911
Binder "Olney 2": "Fishers Street looking west from Mascher box 10 Street" to Duncannon Street looking southwest", 1913-1914
Binder "PD": "Thompson Street and RR looking south" to "Jasper box 10 Street & RR looking east", 1912
Binder "PE": "RR and Aramingo Avenue, stone arch, south side" box 10 to "Kensington & Lehigh Avenues looking north", 1912
Unnumbered Binder: "Looking East on Tabor Street from box 11 Mascher Street" to "2064 Lehigh Avenue and S.W. corner Amber Street and Lehigh Avenue", 1907-1914
Miscellaneous loose photographs, 1908-1920 box 11
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Subject Files, 1906-1945 Scope and Content
This series of Philadelphia construction photos features over 250 views of the construction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Subway and Tunnel between 1894 and 1900. These images include above-ground structures along the new subway line as well as actual construction images. Over 100 blueprint sectional maps of the Philadelphia Division of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, circa 1904, are also included with this series.
Right of Way Title/Description Instances Philadelphia - Olney - Grade crossings avoidance on line of the box 12 P. N. & N. Y. RR over Tabor Road, Mascher Street, Fishers Avenue & Duncannon Street, 1913-1915
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Philadelphia - Glen Willow to Shawmount - Change of box 12 alignment, 1914
Philadelphia - Richmond Branch Elevated - Construction, box 12 1911-19131915-191719201922
Philadelphia - Manayunk Elevated - Construction, 1928-1930 box 12
Philadelphia - Wayne Junction, Low Grade Freight Line - box 12A Construction, 1912-1914
Outside of Philadelphia - Main Line - Valley Forge - Change of box 13 alignment, 1911
Outside of Philadelphia - Pottstown - Retaining wall box 13 construction, 1924
Outside of Philadelphia - Pottstown - North of station - Blizzard, box 13 1894
Outside of Philadelphia - Reading - Plan of elimination of grade box 13 crossings, 1920
Outside of Philadelphia - Klapperthal Curve - Reading, undated box 13
Outside of Philadelphia - Port Clinton - Change of alignment, box 13 1924-1927
Outside of Philadelphia - North of Main Line - Line of Repplier box 13 Coal Company Breaker, 1925-1926
Outside of Philadelphia - North of Main Line -Catawissa RR, box 13 north of Ringtown - Change of alignment, 1922-1928
Outside of Philadelphia - West of Main Line - Harrisburg - box 13 Overpass construction, 1920
Outside of Philadelphia - West of Main Line - Harrisburg - box 13 Steelton line - Elimination of grade crossings, 1928
Outside of Philadelphia - East of Main Line - Chelten Hills - box 13 Elimination of grade crossing, 1924
Outside of Philadelphia - East of Main Line - Glenside - box 13 Elimination of grade crossing, 1926
Outside of Philadelphia - East of Main Line - Glenside - box 13 Construction around station, 1929
Outside of Philadelphia - East of Main Line - Souderton - box 13 Elimination of grade crossing, 19151927-1928
Outside of Philadelphia - East of Main Line - Sellersville - box 13 Elimination of grade crossing, 1926-1928
Outside of Philadelphia - Miscellaneous Locations and box 13 Unidentified - Otis Elevating Railway, Catskill, NY, 1902
Outside of Philadelphia - Miscellaneous Locations and box 13 Unidentified - Mahanoy Plane, 1913
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Outside of Philadelphia - Miscellaneous Locations and box 13 Unidentified - Foundry along tracks at Bethlehem,PA, 1885
Outside of Philadelphia - Miscellaneous Locations and box 13 Unidentified - Flat Rock Tunnel, West Manayunk, PA, undated
Outside of Philadelphia - Miscellaneous Locations and box 13 Unidentified -, undated
Bridges Title/Description Instances Philadelphia & Vicinity - Bridge #6/24, Wissahickon, box 14 1927-1928
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #10/64, Richmond Branch over Tulip box 14 Street, 1920-1922
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #8/12, North of North Manayunk, box 14 1923-1924
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #7/74, West Manayunk, 1927-1928 box 14
Philadelphia & Vicinity - Wayne Junction, 1914-1915 box 14
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #10/41, Jenkintown, 1926 box 14
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #14/03, Valley Falls, 1924-1925 box 14
Philadelphia & Vicinity - #18, Bryn Athyn, 1916 box 14
Philadelphia & Vicinity - North Pennsylvania Line over box 14 Richmond Branch at Fairhill Junction, circa 1899
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - Swedesford box 14 (Norristown), 1922-1924
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - Phoenixville, box 14 1915
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - Pottstown, box 14 Franklin Street, 1921
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - #61/87, box 14 Tuckerton, 1922
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - #65/20, box 14 Rickenbach, 1922
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - #72/56, South of box 14 Berne, 19141916
Main Line, Outside Philadelphia to Pottsville - Mill Creek box 14 Junction, 1911
Branch Lines West of the Main Line - #3, Cedar Hollow box 14 Branch, 1914
Branch Lines West of the Main Line - #43, Oakland, 1920 box 14
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Branch Lines East of the Main Line - #19/96, South of Exmoor, box 14 1924
Branch Lines West of the Main Line - Old Bridge over Shanois box 14 Street, Harrisburg, 1928
Branch Lines West of the Main Line - Columbia Bridge, box 14 Philadelphia, 1921
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - #0/18, East of box 14 Conshohocken, 1924
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - #22, Lansdale, 1916 box 14
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - #2, Colmar, 1914 box 14
Branch Lines East of the Main Line -#43/90, North of Shelly, box 14 1924
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - Covered bridge, box 14 Virginville, 1914
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - #44, South of Albany, box 14 1914-1915
Branch Lines East of the Main Line -#46, South of Albany, box 14 1914-1915
Branch Lines East of the Main Line - Salford, 1914-1915 box 14
Branch Line North of Pottsville - Milton, 19111915 box 14
Branch Line North of Pottsville - North of Mooresburg, box 14 1915-1916
Branch Line North of Pottsville - Rupert (over Susquehanna), box 14 1911
Branch Line North of Pottsville - #5 Mine Gap Viaduct & #7 box 14 Fishers Viaduct (N. of McAuley), 1917-1921
Branch Line North of Pottsville - Reed, 1917 box 14
Branch Line North of Pottsville - #43, South of Snydertown, box 14 1917
Branch Line North of Pottsville - #53, South of Lewisburg, 1917 box 14
Branch Line North of Pottsville - #54, South of Lewisburg, 1917 box 14
Branch Line North of Pottsville - Mahanoy City, over Main box 14 Street, 1914
Wilmington & Northern Branch - #0/98, East of Montchanin, box 14 DE, 1927
Wilmington & Northern Branch - #16, Cossart, 1914 box 14
Wilmington & Northern Branch - #40, Mortonville, 1914 box 14
Wilmington & Northern Branch - #58, Wagontown, 1914 box 14
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New Jersey - #3, Mullica Hill, NJ, 1920 box 14
Footbridges, Foot Tunnels - #8/69, Elkins Park, footbridge, 1924 box 14
Footbridges, Foot Tunnels - #8/98, Elkins Park, footway tunnel, box 14 1924-1925
Footbridges, Foot Tunnels - #44/57, Douglassville, temporary box 14 footbridge, 1923
Footbridges, Foot Tunnels - #44/72, Douglassville, footway box 14 tunnel, 1923
Footbridges, Foot Tunnels - #5/35, Haddon Heights, NJ, box 14 footbridge, 1928
Miscellaneous - Two unidentified bridge piers, 1921 box 14
Miscellaneous - First iron bridge on Reading RR, dismantled, box 14 undated
Miscellaneous - Photograph of engraving of highway bridge at box 14 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, undated
Miscellaneous - Railroad Bridge near Williamsport - Reading, box 14 Catawissa, Williamsport & Elmira Langenheim, 1854
Miscellaneous - unidentified, undated box 14
Stations Title/Description Instances Philadelphia - Centennial Fair Station, engraving, 1876 box 15
Philadelphia - Columbia Avenue, 1909 box 15
Philadelphia - Conshohocken, 1920 box 15
Philadelphia - Conshohocken, West, 1920 box 15
Philadelphia - Germantown Depot (old), undated box 15
[East Falls (see Midvale Avenue)] box 15
Philadelphia - Huntingdon Street, 1918 box 15
Philadelphia - Midvale Avenue, 1912 box 15
Philadelphia - Noble Street, 1913 box 15
Philadelphia - North Broad Street, 1929 box 15
Philadelphia - Reading Terminal, undated box 15
Philadelphia - Tabor, 1926 box 15
Philadelphia - Tioga, 1922 box 15
Philadelphia - 22nd Street, 1939 box 15
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Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - Bethlehem (photo of box 15 engraving), undated
Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - Halls, 1907 August box 15
Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - Harrisburg, undated box 15
Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - Lewisburg, undated box 15
Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - Mine Hill Crossing, box 15 undated
Pennslyvania, outside Philadelphia - New Hope, undated box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Norristown, undated box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Perkiomen Junction, 1912 box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Phoenixville, 4-23-45, box 15 1945
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Old Station, Lebanon, PA, box 15 undated
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Port Clinton, undated box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Reading (photo of box 15 engraving), undated
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Robesonia, undated box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Wilkes-Barre, undated box 15
Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia - Wernersville, 1926-1927 box 15
New Jersey - Bound Brook, undated box 15
New Jersey - Elizabethport, circa 1937 box 15
[New Jersey - Kaighn's Point Terminal - See Buildings, box 15 Facilities, etcirca, Box 16]
New Jersey - Lakehurst, undated box 15
New Jersey - Newark, Broad Street Station, 1934 box 15
New Jersey - North Branch, undated box 15
New Jersey - Ocean City, 1922 box 15
New Jersey - Skillman, undated box 15
New Jersey - Somerville, undated box 15
Miniature model of "Mt. Summit" station, undated box 15
Lebanon Valley Railroad - Robesonia Station, 1856 box 15
Unidentified station interior, undated box 15
Buildings and Facilities
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Title/Description Instances Philadelphia - Olney Street Tower, undated box 15
Philadelphia - E. Conner Coal Yard, Coral & Silver Streets, box 15 1916-1917
Philadelphia - Coral Street Freight Yard, 1922 box 15
Philadelphia - Smith & Holthous Coal Yard, Lehigh & Jasper box 15 Streets, 1917-1918
Philadelphia - Wm. J. Steen & Co., Coal Yard, Emerald & box 15 Frankford Streets, 1916-1918
Philadelphia - Demolition of buildings on south side of box 15 Richmond Branch, 1916-1922
Philadelphia - Coal Yard in Pennsylvania Avenue, Line at 17th box 15 and Callowhill Streets, 1915
Philadelphia - Coal Yard, 11th and Callowhill Streets, box 15 1926-1927
Philadelphia - Coaling Station, Pennsylvania Avenue Line, 20th box 15 Street, 1912
Philadelphia - Freight House No. 2, Front and Willow Streets, box 15 1930
Philadelphia - Freight Yard, Willow and Noble Streets, box 15 19281930
Philadelphia - Express Transfer Shed, Master Street Yard, 1922 box 15
Philadelphia - Warehouse, 20th and Hamilton Streets, box 15 1927-1928
Philadelphia - Grain Elevator, 20th Street, Shamokin and box 15 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1925
Philadelphia - Pier 36 on Delaware River, after Fire, 1914-1915 box 15
Philadelphia - Reading Company Terminal Commerce Building, box 15 undated
Philadelphia - Philadelphia Inquirer Building, 1109 & 1111 box 15 market Street, being demolished, 1926
Philadelphia - Spring Garden Station, YMCA, undated box 15
Philadelphia - Reading Offices, Fourth Street below Walnut, box 15 1873
Philadelphia - Port Richmond (photo of engraving), undated box 15
Philadelphia - First Depot built by the Philadelphia and Reading box 15 RR, corner of Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, 1840
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Birdsboro - Signal box 15 tower, 1925-1926
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Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Lancaster - Freight box 15 house, 1923
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Paxtang - Yards, 1906 box 15
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia, 1927-1929 box 15
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - East Pennsylvania RR box 15 Headquarters Building, Reading - Pottstown - Freight house, 1911
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Reading - Engine box 15 facilities, 1918-1919
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Rutherford, PA - Engine box 15 facilities, 1918
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Rutherford, PA - Yards, box 15 1906
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - St Clair Yard, box 15 1911-1912
Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia - Works of the Pottstown box 15 Iron Company, undated
New Jersey - Kaighn's Point Terminal, Camden, NJ - box 16A construction, 1922-1924
New Jersey - Liberty Street Ferry Terminal, NJ, undated box 16A
New Jersey - Port Reading, NJ, 1912 box 16A
Unidentified and Reading RY YMCA - Location Unknown, box 16A undated
Unidentified and #411, "Nevada" Signal Tower - 10th & box 16A Dromond St. Tower - Location Unknown, undated
Unidentified and Unidentified Stations, 192519311939undated box 16A
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Title/Description Instances Album of historical railroad cars and train details, 1859undated box 16B
Locomotive #326, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #330, undated box 16B
Cars manufactured by the Iron Car Company, NY, 1888 box 16B
Locomotive construction post-WWII, Locomotive, #2101, box 16B undated
Construction of Steam Locomotive, #243 (used in Reading box 16B Magazine), undated
Locomotive #833, "The Blue Comet" on southbound track at box 16B Elizabethport Station, undated - Page 14- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
Locomotive, #2100, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #411, camelback, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #594, on Armstrong turntable, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #267, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #198, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #580, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #983, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #419, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #1167 with crew, undated box 16B
Locomotive, #105 with crew, undated box 16B
Engine #3003, Class K-1-sa (Santa Fe Type), rebuilt at Reading box 16B Shops, 1929 January
Reproduction of "Rocket", undated box 16B
The "Catawissa" built in 1832 for Little Schuylkill Navigation & box 16B Coal Co.
Print of Freight Engine "Gowan & Marx" - Designed and built box 16B by Eastwick & Harrison, Philadelphia, for the Philadelphia and Reading RR, 1839
Ross Winan's "Camel" 1847, 1855 box 16B
Drawing of the "Black Hawk" built for the Philadelphia & box 16B Trenton RR by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (postcard), 1835
Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim 816C1, 1874 April box 16B
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Inspection Locomotive, box 16B built by Schenectady Locomotive Works, circa 1900
Central RR of NJ, Locomotive, #9 with crew, circa 1908 box 16B
Print of Harrison, Winans and Eastwick's Freight Engine - Built box 16B in St. Petersburgh, Russia for the St. Petersburgh and Moscow RR, 1844
Philadelphia and Reading RR Hopper and Gondola cars, box 16B #87259, Capacity - 110000 pounds, 1913 November 11
Philadelphia & Reading RR Coach, Pottsville PA. Built by box 16B Jackson and Sharp, Wilmington, 1892
Inspection Car - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis box 16B RR, #2, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, circa 1900
Inspection Car - Detroit & Lima Northern RR, #100, built by box 16B Baldwin Locomotive Works, circa 1900
Unidentified cars details and locomotives, undated box 16B
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People/Personnel Title/Description Instances General officers of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co, box 16B 1902
Train dispatchers, Reading "D" office, undated box 16B
Station Gang (Robesonia), undated box 16B
Edward M. Clymer, undated box 16B
Ross Winans (24428), undated box 16B
Millholland, undated box 16B
John Eastburn Wootten, 1822 - 1898, undated box 16B
Edwin Chamberlain (1854-1922), Asst. Engineer 1887-1922, box 16B undated
William Woodington, undated box 16B
Unidentified officials examining "Molly Maguire" documents, box 16B undated
Moncure Robinson, chief civil engineer of Reading RR, undated box 16B
Stockholders Meeting, 1957 June 4 box 16B
Unidentified people, 1908 July 1 box 16B
Unidentified people, undated box 16B
Other Railroads, Scenic Views, Maps, Incidental Construction Title/Description Instances Market Street elevated, progress views, 1906 box 16B
Road Construction, West Manayunk, 1924-1925 box 16B
Easton, PA - photo of engraved view, undated box 16B
Coaling stations constructed by Link Belt Engineering Co., circa box 16B 1900
Delaware River, Yardley, PA - 1 showing canal. Photos by H.B. box 16B Harmer, circa 1895
Pictured Rocks, Rocky Glen, Bound Brook RR. Photo by H.B. box 16B Harmer, undated
Maps - property along Trenton branch of Delaware & Bound box 16B Brook RR, undated
Pennsylvania RR - Northern Central Elevator, Canton, box 16B Baltimore, MD - includes Mechanical Car Unloader for Grain Elevators, undated
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B & O Locomotive, #50 - Presentation at national Museum of box 16B Transport, St. Louis, MO, undated
B & O Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive #50, 1935 box 16B
View along the Columbia Railroad near Fairmount Waterworks, box 16B Philadelphia - from early lithograph, undated
Excursion Train from Albany to Schenectady, - The first steam box 16B train in America - Mohawk & Hudson RR, 1831
Miscellaneous Title/Description Instances Vacation Scenes from Cape May, undated box 16B
"A Trip on the Catawissa" - Ringtown Bridge and Summit from box 16B the Tunnel, undated
"Views on the Line of the Philadelphia and Reading RR and box 16B Branches" - Repairmen on velocipede and handcar, Express Engine, undated
Mouth of Perkasie Tunnel, undated box 16B
Hog Island, 2 aerial views, 1 map, undated box 16B
Booklets - Pages from Unidentified Publication with portraits of box 16B company executives, property of Harry W. Spohn, Room 816, undated
Booklets - Untitled booklet mockup - Index of locomotives, box 16B shots of equipment by Herman Balt, undated
Printing Plate - Reading Shops - Machinists "Class of 1876" - box 16B Built Locomotive #405(featured at center of plate), exhibited at Centennial, 1876
Miscellaneous images - Includes images of ice gorge on box 16B Susquehanna, the Daniel Boone birthplace, historic structures in and around Philadelphia (not necessarily RR related), Conestoga wagons, and telegraph equipment, plus unidentified images, undated
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Construction of Pennsylvania Avenue (Phila.) box 17 Subway and Tunnel, 1894–1900 (Box 17)
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Scope and Content
Consists of an album of photographs on the construction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Subway and Tunnel, Philadelphia. The album once belonged to Vice President, Theodore Vorhees.
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Activities of Reading Co. Employees, 1941-1960 Scope and Content
Comprised of an assortment of negatives taken for the company magazine between 1941 and 1960. These feature images of both leisure and work-related activities of Reading employees. Employees are shown doing repair work, cleaning railcars and buildings, working in the Reading Scrap Yards, and doing clerical work. Images of safety training and first aid classes also appear. The collection includes women yard workers making repairs to the tracks in 1943. A number of the employee images include African American workers from the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at the repair yards and ferryboat landing in Jersey City. Images of employee participation in recreational activities include station bowling teams, retirement dinners, Christmas parties and railroad related YMCA events. There are also a number of posed individual photos which primarily feature newly retired workers or office staff.
General note
Negative numbers are listed in brackets.
Title/Description Instances Unidentified track workers [4122, 4125 – 4132, 4157 – 4167], box 18A 1941
Manayunk [41.491 - 41.494, 41.496 - 41.498], 1941 April 29 box 18A
Workers (E. S. Trumbauer - Foreman Carpenter, Harry Bird - box 18A Foreman Painter, J. Walsh - Master Carpenter, J. Learch - Asst. Foreman, Dana Simpson - Plumber, A. Koliver - Gang Leader, Chas. Donnon) [41.1126 - 41.1228], 1941
Police Department - Frank Thornburg Retires [41.1129 - 41.1132], box 18A 1941 August 30
Paul Hargadon - Police Department [41.1133 - 41.1134], 1941 box 18A August 7
P. S. Lewis [41.1142], 1941 September 11 box 18A
C.A. Gill, W.W. Rhoads, Reich [41.1254 – 41.1257], 1941 box 18A September 25
WMB Margerum, Jos. F. Smith, John J. Glud [41.1261 - 41.1265], box 18A 1941 September 25
Unidentified workers [41.1266 - 41.1268, 41.1270 - 41.1271, box 18A 41.1273 - 41.1275], 1941
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Unidentified workers and YMCA [41.1297 - 41.1298, 41.1302 - box 18A 41.1307], 1941 October 6
Unidentified workers [41.1345 - 41.1348], 1941 box 18A
Brown St. and Race St. Tower [41.1349 - 41.1354], 1941 October box 18A 31
Jersey Central - Central RR Co. of NJ (workers, candid and box 18A formal) [41.1356 - 41.1414 (some numbers missing)], 1941
Port Richmond, Mauch Chunk [41.1416 - 41.1423], 1941 box 18A November 81941 November 14
Unidentified office workers [41.1530 - 41.1535], 1941 box 18A
Jersey Central - Central RR Co. of NJ works, candid and formal box 18A [41.1674 - 41.1676], 1941
Chester - workers and other groups [42.115 - 42.119, 42.121 - box 18A 42.126, 42.128 - 42.146], 1942 March 5
Unidentified workers [42.227 - 42.250], 1942 box 18A
Unidentified workers [42.251 - 42.271], 1942 box 18A
Unidentified workers [42.286 - 42.307, 42.390 - 42.392], 1942 box 18A
Central RR of New Jersey - Shops at Ashley, PA. & Rockport box 18A [42.453, 42.456 - 42.476], 1942
Unidentified workers [42.501 - 42.525], 1942 box 18A
Unidentified workers [42.568 - 42.597], 1942 box 18A
Reading, PA – Scrap Yard [42.601 - 42.605, 42.607 - 42.614], box 18A 1942 September 3
Planing Machine - Reading Shops [42.625 - 42.627, 42.630], 1942 box 18A September 18
Unidentified workers [42.653 - 42.657], 1942 box 18A
Unidentified workers [42.683 - 42.685], 1942 box 18A
Chesterfield Cigarettes [42.683 - 42.684 (duplicate numbers)], box 18A 1942
Unidentified workers [42.710 - 42.730], 1942 box 18A
Unidentified workers [42.731 - 42.741], 1942 box 18A
Christmas Parties - YMC Port Richmond and Spring Garden box 18A [42.746 - 42.751], 1942
West Trenton - Women Workers [4338 - 4354], 1943 box 18A
First Aid Class - West Milton [4361 - 4363], 1943 February 26 box 18A
First Aid Class - Tamaqua [4364 - 4369], 1943 box 18A
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First Aid Class - Shamokin and Newberry (72) [4370 - 4372], box 18A 1943
First Aid Class - Tamaqua [43.110 - 43.112], 1943 March 2 box 18A
First Aid Class - St Clair [43.113 - 43.116], 1943 March 2 box 18A
First Aid Class - Gordon [43.117 - 43.124], 1943 March 2 box 18A
Unidentified presentation [43.125 - 43.126], 1943 box 18A
First Aid Class - Spring Garden Station [43.129 - 43.132], 1943 box 18A March 16
Unidentified workers and passengers at stations [43.133 - 43.153 box 18A (some numbers missing)], 1943
Unidentified workers, most in groups [43.169 - 43.180], 1943 box 18A
Unidentified workers [43.276 - 43.286], 1943 box 18A
Coast Guard Dog Training Sts - Elkins Park [43.317, 43.319 - box 18A 43.332], 1943
Unidentified workers and Red Cross Donor Station [43.333, box 18A 43.337 - 43.342], 1943
Industrial Agent - North Wales (Open land) [4459-1 - 4459-8], box 18A 1944
Unidentified workers - many individual portraits [44.726 - box 18A 44.744], 1944
Unidentified workers - office group shots and individual portraits box 18A [44.745 - 44.750, 44.812 - 44.826 (some numbers missing)], 1944
Unidentified workers [4536 - 4550], 1945 box 18A
E. W. Reich - Electrical Equipment Mounted (J. Hillig) [4885], box 18A 1948 March 1
Great Northern Railway [4944-9 - 4944-10] box 18A
Reading Terminal Accounting Dept. - Room 850 [49.101-1 - box 18A 49.101-2]
Oak Lane Station - Steps From Eastbound Platform [49.104], box 18A 1949 May 4
Elkins Park Eastbound Platform Steps [49.105-1 - 49.105-6], box 18A 5-4-496-2-496-3-49
Norristown, PA - Markley Coal Yard [49.206-1], 10-19-49 box 18A
Unidentified road and RR crossing scenes, damaged automobile box 18A [5029-1 - 5029-12, 5029-17 - 5029-26], undated
Bowling Teams - Garden Station [5116 - 5127], 1951 January 16 box 18A
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [5139 - 5150], 1951 box 18A January 17
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Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [5139 - 5150], 1951 box 18A January 18
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [5151 - 5159], 1951 box 18A January 19
J. G. Wormick, Alden Park [5166 - 5182], 1951 February 2 box 18A
Freight Traffic Dept. Annual Banquet (McAllisters) [5183 - 5198], box 18A 1951 February 10
Officers Choral Society [5199 - 51.101], 1951 February 15 box 18A
Civil Meeting - Spring Garden YMCA [51.102 - 51.107], 1951 box 18A February 21
Magazine Correspondents [51.108], 2-26-51 box 18A
Harry L. Muhler, Arthur T. Wilkinson [51.109-51.111], 3-1-51 box 18A
Safety Meeting, Yardmasters, Spring Garden Station [51.112 - box 18A 51.114], 3-13-51
Industrial Magazine Editors [51.115 - 51.122], 1951 March 29 box 18A
Medical Examiners, Spring Garden Station [51.123 - 51.124], box 18A 1951 March 30
C. W. Mack Retiring [1.125 - 51.126], 1951 March 30 box 18A
Blood Donors - Reading Terminal [51.127 - 51.135], 1951 April 9 box 18A
Safety Rally - Central YMCA [51.136 - 51.158], 1951 April 16 box 18A
Blood Donors - Port Richmond (Marion Keuerleher, Operator and box 18A Herman Kzachs , C.C. Car Shop Officer) [51.159 - 51.169], 1951 April 20
Upper Deck of Pier A, Port Richmond [51.188], 5-1-51 box 18A
Medical Examiner's Office [51.189 - 51.190], 1951 May box 18A
C. Leibrant Pay Master - 50 Years Service [51.191 - 51.192], 1951 box 18A May
Morton B. Moore - Parcel Express Agent [51.218], 1951 June 4 box 18A
Coal Trade Bowling Team [51.219 - 51.223], 1951 June 8 box 18A
Group - E. P. Gangewere's Office (Pete Hartman) [51.225 - box 18A 51.226], 1951 June 15
Freight Traffic Meeting [51.227], 1951 June 21 box 18A
Killen Sign Painter - 9th & Brown Streets [51.228], 1951 June 14 box 18A
Wayne Junction Car Yard [51.229], 1951 June 14 box 18A
Blood Donors, Reading Terminal [51.230 - 51.238], 1951 July 9 box 18A
Opening - PA Company for Banking and Trusts - Reading box 18A Terminal [51.239 - 51.242], 1951 July 9 - Page 21- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
Pistol Teams, Police Department [51.243 - 51.247], 1951 July 18 box 18A
Winner Motive Power Safety Award [51.247 - 51.248 (.247 repeat box 18A number)], 1951 August 14
Santore, G. Hoppe, J. F. Winter, Reading Terminal Ticket Office box 18A [51.249 - 51.251], 1951 August 8
Police Department [51.252 - 51.253], 1951 August 17 box 18A
Ralph Matter- Relay Shop, Spring Garden Station [51.255 - box 18A 51.256], 1951 August 31
Mary Manion & Sarah Kalbach, Operators [51.266], 1951 box 18A September 10
Felix Lemmer, Painter, Retired [51.267 - 51.268], 1951 September box 18A 13
Irwin R. Cook - Room 305 [51.272 - 51.273], 1951 September 27 box 18A
Safety Rally, Chester [51.274 - 51.288], 1951 October 18 box 18A
F. R. Thompson - Retired Agent, Manayunk [5210 - 5211], 1952 box 18A January 22
The Nick Nacks (band) [5212 - 5213], 1952 January box 18A
Dinner Honoring F. W. Swartz [5213 - 5225 (13 repeated box 18A number)], 1952 January 24
Leon Police Department, 1-52 [5226], 1952 January box 18A
Relay Shop, 1-30-52 [5227 - 5228], 1952 January 30 box 18A
Foster - Retired Conducto [5230 - 5231], 1952 box 18A
J. Tagg - Retired Conductor [5232], 1952 box 18A
Yardmasters' Safety Meeting - Spring Garden Station, 2-5-52 box 18A [5233 - 5241], 1952 February 5
Broadwood Hotel [5243 - 5249], 1952 February 26 box 18A
Power House, Reading Terminal Safety Award [5250 - 5251], box 18A 1952 February 19
T. J. McDonnell Dinner [5252 - 5261], 1952 February 28 box 18A
Amos Woodland, Retired [5252 - 5253 (repeated numbers)], 1952 box 18A February 28
Clerks Union Annual Ball [5254 - 5264 (repeated numbers)], 1952 box 18A February 29
John G. Mowday, Retired [5262 - 5263 (repeated numbers)], 1952 box 18A
J. O'Brien, Retired Conductor [5265 (repeated number)], 1952 box 18A
Homer Vernon- Supt. Time Service, Retired [5266], 1952 box 18A February 27
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Otto Heinz, Carpenter, Retired [5266 - 5267(66 repeated box 18A number)], 1952 February 28
John Joseph Neely, Retired Conductor [5268 - 52-070], 1952 box 18A
Charles W. Billman - Chief Dispatchers Office [5271 - 5272], box 18A 1952 March 7
Blood Donors [5273 - 5278], 1952 March 31 box 18A
Presentation to John N. Daniels [5279], 1952 April 1 box 18A
Jacob Edel, Retired Patrolman, Police Department [5280], 1952 box 18A April 16
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [5281 - 5293], 1952 April box 18A 28
Edna Patterson, Certificate, Industrial Relations Degree, St. box 18A Joseph's College [5297 - 5298], 1952 April 4
Mr. Davis, Secretary, YMCA [52.111 - 52.113], 1952 May 21 box 18A
Crusaders Bowling Team [52.112 - 52.113 (repeated numbers)], box 18A 1952 May 15
M. S. Miller Retiring, Lansdale, PA [52.114 - 52.123], 1952 May box 18A 6
Baseball - Tabor Field [52.124 - 52.134], 1952 June 3 box 18A
John J. McDevitt - Ticket Office, Reading Terminal [52.125 box 18A (repeated number)], 1952 May 29
Harry Thompson - A. of R. Office [52.126 (Repeat #)], 1952 box 18A
Choral Society Picnic - Tabor [52.135 - 52.144], 1952 June 5 box 18A
John Saul Retirement - Hotel Berkshire [52.145 - 52.157], 1952 box 18A June 30
A. of R. Picnic [52.169 - 52.187], 1952 July 17 box 18A
Charles E. Reed & Charles S. Lingard [52.188 - 52.189], 1952 box 18A August 19
Warren Erdman, Retiring [52.190 - 52.191], 1952 August 21 box 18A
Mr. O'Keith, Freight Traffic, Room 621 [52.192 - 52.193], 1952 box 18A
Charles Herring - Wayne Junction [52.194 - 52.195], 1952 August box 18A 8
Simon Oaster, Engineer, Retired [52.195 - 52.196 (.195 repeated box 18A number)], 1952 September 17
Mrs. Shellenburger - Retired Operator, Transportation Department box 18A [52.197 - 52.198], 1952
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [52.199 - 52.204], box 18A 9-25-52
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United Fund Luncheon [52.217 - 52.224], 10-2-52 box 18A
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [52.225 - 52.234], box 18A 10-2-52
Christmas Party - Port Richmond YMCA [52.240 - 52.251], box 18A 12-27-52
Christmas Party - Spring Garden YMCA [52.252 - 52.259], box 18A 12-24-52
Theodore Casapu, Retiring [52.260 - 52.261], 12-24-52 box 18A
Leary Mummer [5369], 4-6-53 box 18A
Mail & Baggage Personnel - Spring Garden Station YMCA box 18A [54.177 - 54.188], 6-8-54
Safety Meeting M. of W. Department, Spring Garden Station box 18A [54.177 - 54.188], 7-8-54
C. Clair, Pistol Trophies [54.190 - 54.191], 8-2-54 box 18A
Conductor's Room - "Cats" Birthday [54.192 - 54.193], 1954 box 18A
Elmer Pole, Electrician, Huntingdon Station [54.194 - 54.195], box 18A 8-12-54
Yard Crew, Huntingdon Station - Alex Haymes - Conductor, Wm. box 18A Flad - Engineman, Wm. Terry - Helper [54.196], 1954 August
Bowling Teams, Spring Garden Station [54.197 - 54.208], 9-13-54 box 18A
J. Gessler, Signal Helper [54.201 (2 copies)], 6-16-54 box 18A
Industrial Magazine Editors, Reading Terminal [54.202], 6-22-54 box 18A
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [54.209 - 54.233], box 18B 9-14-54
Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [54.224 - 54.230], box 18B 9-15-54
Girls Bowling Teams - Spring Garden Station [54.231 - 54.242], box 18B 9-16-54
F. H. Frick, Comptroller, & F. J. Moran, Asst. Comptroller box 18B [54.243 - 54.246], 1954
Union League, Philadelphia - W. K. Bean, Comptroller, Retires box 18B [54.243 - 54.251], 9-24-54
United Fund Luncheon - Spring Garden Station [54.247 - 54.257], box 18B 10-5-54
Christmas Party - Electrical Department [54.250 - 54.251 box 18B (repeated numbers)], 12-24-54
Carol Singing, YMCA - Spring Garden Station [54.252 - 54.259 box 18B (repeated numbers)], 12-24-54
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United Fund Luncheon - Spring Garden Station [54.258 - box 18B 54.266]], 10-6-54
Industrial Magazine Editors - Christmas Party [54.260 - 54.268]], box 18B 1954
Joseph Kock and Model of Ship "Jan Rose" [54.267 - 54.269], box 18B 1954
Yard Crew Coatesville (Chas Plank - Brakeman, Reardon box 18B Miller - Engineman, Irving France - Flagman, Chas D Wagner - Conductor, James Walker - Brakeman) [54.269], 12-21-54
H. Rieble Retiring [54.270 - 54.276], 10-28-54 box 18B
Oscar Hardenfelt Retiring, Roslyn [54.270 - 54.279 (repeated box 18B numbers)], 12-28-54
Christmas Party - Richmond YMCA [54.280 - 54.283], 12-28-54 box 18B
Christmas Party - Spring Garden YMCA [54.284 - 54.289], box 18B 12-28-54
Reading Terminal - Loading Packages for Flood Relief [5501 - box 18B 5505], 1955
James H. Cotton, Retiring - Wayne Junction [5501 - 5502], box 18B 1-10-55
Josh Kosich, Painter, Retiring [5503 - 5504 (repeated numbers)], box 18B 2-14-55
Edward J. Bratton, Coach Cleaner & B. J. O'Niell, Foreman [5505 box 18B - 5506 (05 repeated number)], 1955
Nate Finestein, Retired, Spring Garden Station [5507 - 5508], box 18B 8-31-55
Valley Forge - Floral Display [5703 - 5707], 7-12-50 box 18B
Winter - 22nd St. Station, Interior [6050 - 6053], 3-31-60 box 18B
Man Kneeling to Inspect Tracks [4126], 1941 box 18C
Worker's family [4129], 1941 box 18C
Miscellaneous Workers [4131], 1941 box 18C
Miscellaneous Worker with two locomotives and yard in box 18C background [41.1269], 1941
Scene Outside Reading Terminal - Snellenburg Week [41.1300], box 18C 1941
Scene Outside Reading Terminal [41.1301], 1941 box 18C
Central RR Of New Jersey - Passenger Car Repair Yard, Jersey box 18C City - Two Workers Carrying White Cloth Bags [41.1360], 1941
Miscellaneous Worker [41.1366], 1941 box 18C
Miscellaneous Workers at Lunch [41.1369], 1941 - Page 25- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
box 18C
Central RR of New Jersey - Repairing Ferryboat "Plainfield", box 18C Jersey City [41.1376], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Cleaning Passenger Car - Jersey City box 18C [41.1379], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Miscellaneous Yard Worker - Jersey box 18C City [41.1389], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - African American Worker Collecting box 18C Trash, Jersey City [41.1391], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Passenger Car Repair Yard, Jersey box 18C City - African American Worker Loading cart [41.1392 (2 copies of photo)], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Repairing Ferryboat "Plainfield", box 18C Jersey City [41.1394], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Miscellaneous Worker with Yard and box 18C NY City Skyline in Background [41.1397], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - Porter on Ferryboat "Plainfield" with box 18C NY City Skyline in Background [41.1401], 1941
Central RR of New Jersey - African American Workers at box 18C Passenger Car Repair Yard, Jersey City [41.1406], 1941
Salvation Army Christmas Collection [41.1536], 1941 box 18C
Train Full of Christmas Trees [41.1538], 1941 box 18C
Workers Clearing Snow in Street [41.1673], 1941 box 18C
Family on Store Porch - Advertising for Philip Morris and Salada box 18C Tea [42000 or 42.NN], 1942
African American Workers with Stop Sign - Chester [42.127], box 18C 3-5-42
Four Workers with Locomotive [42.228], 1942 box 18C
Track Workers Beneath Overpass [42.245], 1942 box 18C
Office Worker - Stationmaster [42.255], 1942 box 18C
Office Staff - Four Men [42.259], 1942 box 18C
Office Staff - Secretary [42.262], 1942 box 18C
Miscellaneous Workers at Lunch [42.266], 1942 box 18C
Office Worker at Desk [42.274], 1942 box 18C
Display of Mine Material, RR Material, Tramp Iron, and Partial box 18C Chart Listing Damage and Failures [42.279], 1942
Crew on Boat "Penllyn" - Jersey City [42.281], 1942 box 18C
Engineer in Locomotive "1697" I-9-S-B [42.287], 1942 box 18C
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Worker with Chewing Tobacco - Numerous Freight Cars in box 18C Background [42.294], 1942
First Aid Demonstration [42.303], 1942 box 18C
Miscellaneous Office Workers [42.388], 1942 box 18C
Miscellaneous Office Workers [42.389], 1942 box 18C
Central RR of New Jersey - Shops at Ashley, PA. Work Crew box 18C Standing on Combination Railcar/Crane [42.461], 1942
Central RR of New Jersey - Shops at Ashley, PA. Reading Car box 18C Wheels and Axels [42.465], 1942
Lehigh Valley Train "John Wilkes" - Near Rockport, PA. box 18C [42.467], 1942
Central RR of New Jersey - Shops at Ashley, PA. - Engineer box 18C Standing on Rear of Locomotive [42.476], 1942
Workers Standing Beside Locomotive "1395" B-S-B [42.505], box 18C 1942
Worker Pulling on African American Worker's Hat [42.506], 1942 box 18C
Workers Playing Cards in Locker Room [42.509], 1942 box 18C
Central RR of New Jersey - Cars Loaded with Coal in Front of box 18C Huber Breaker, Ashley, PA. [42.512], 1942
Worker Reading Article in Reading Company Magazine [42.516], box 18C 1942
Office Workers [42.517], 1942 box 18C
Workers Sitting on Porch - RR Safety and War Bond Posters box 18C [42.520], 1942
Trainman [42.570], 1942 box 18C
Men in Suits Walking Away from Camera Near Tracks [42.578], box 18C 1942
Worker Sitting Atop Box Car Applying Brake [42.593], 1942 box 18C
Workers Taking Break Alongside Train [42.594], 1942 box 18C
Workers Conversing - Man Carrying Baseball Bat [42.596], 1942 box 18C
Magnet Lifting Scrap Metal from Gondola - Reading, PA Scrap box 18C Yard [42.599], 1942
Worker Sorting Scrap at Reading, PA Scrap Yard [42.604], 9-3-42 box 18C
Worker Welding at Reading, PA Scrap Yard [42.606], 9-3-42 box 18C
Reading, PA Scrap Yard [42.614], 9-3-42 box 18C
Planing Machine, Reading Shops [42.628], 9-18-42 box 18C
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Close Up of Planing Machine with Worker, Reading Shops box 18C [42.629], 9-18-42
Worker Reading Blueprint, Planing Machine, Reading Shops box 18C [42.631], 9-18-42
Men at Ticket Window, RR Crossing in Background [42.656], box 18C 1942
Chesterfield Cigarettes - Group of workers with Cigarette Cartons box 18C [42.685], 1942
Women Workers Repairing Track - West Trenton [4344], 1943 box 18C
Women Workers - Carrying Shovels and Equipment - West box 18C Trenton [4345], 1943
Woman Climbing Signal Tower - West Trenton [4346], 1943 box 18C
Woman Oiling Switch - West Trenton [4348], 1943 box 18C
Woman Cleaning Signal Lamps by Tracks - West Trenton [4353], box 18C 1943
Woman Worker with Oil Can - West Trenton [4356], 1943 box 18C
First Aid Class, Tamaqua [4364], 1943 box 18C
Two Men Looking Out Second Story Window of Building box 18C "MA" [43.127], 1943
Worker Leaning out Window with Lanterns [43.128], 1943 box 18C
Platform with People Boarding, Reading, PA [43.133], March box 18C 1943
Woman Worker [43.140], 1943 box 18C
Workers at Office of Yard Master [43.147], March 1943 box 18C
Man With Horse - Coast Guard Dog Training Station, Elkins Park box 18C [43.318], 5-7-43
Inspecting the Dogs - Coast Guard Dog Training Station, Elkins box 18C Park [43.325], 5-7-43
New Jersey State Police Patrol - Car and Officer [43.336], 1943 box 18C May
Miscellaneous Worker Operating Large Crank [43.343], 1943 box 18C May
African American Women Mowing Grass [44.728], 1944 box 18C
Reading Terminal - Accounting Dept., Room 850 [49.101-1], box 18C 4-28-49
Reading Terminal - Accounting Dept., Room 850 [49.101-2], box 18C 4-28-49
Oak Lane Station - Steps from Eastbound Platform (Wright vs. box 18C Reading Co. 4-6-49) [49.104-2], 5-4-49 - Page 28- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
Willow Grove - York Road, Sidewalk (Chattin vs. Reading Co. box 18C 5-25-49) [49.152-6], 7-26-49
Ralph Matter, Relay Shop, Spring Garden Station [51.254], box 18C 8-31-51
Safety Rally - Chester, PA [51.274], 10-18-51 box 18C
Safety Rally - Chester, PA [51.275], 10-18-51 box 18C
J. O'Brien, Retired Conductor [5264], circa March 1952 box 18C
John J. McDevitt, Ticket Office, Reading Terminal [52.124], 1952 box 18C May 29
Yard Crew, Huntingdon Station - Alex Haymes - Conductor, Wm. box 18C Flad - Engineman, Wm. Terry - Helper [54.196], August 1954
Reading Terminal - Loading Packages for Flood Relief [5501], box 18C circa August 1955
Reading Terminal - Loading Packages for Flood Relief [5502], box 18C circa August 1955
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Oversize, circa 1873–1938
Right of Way Title/Description Instances Perkiomenville, PA - RR Crossing at Nice's Road, Evidence in box 19 "Johnson vs. Railway", 1921 December 28
Unidentified Grade Crossing - Plan, undated box 19
Allegheny Ave., South Bound. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1906 box 20 November 24
On Elevated Railroad between Green St. and Fairmount Avenue, box 20 Philadelphia - Looking across yard from the elevated road east and on a line with Wallace Street. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1901 March 24
On Elevated Railroad between Green St. and Fairmount Avenue, box 20 Philadelphia - Looking south from a point between Green Street and Fairmount Avenue. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1903 Mar 20
On Elevated Railroad between Green St. and Fairmount Avenue, box 20 Philadelphia - Looking south from a point between Green Street and Fairmount Avenue, east side of trestle. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1903 Mar 20
On Elevated Railroad between Green St. and Fairmount Avenue, box 20 Philadelphia - Looking north from Spring Garden Station
- Page 29- Reading Company photographs 1974.330 platform, north bound platforms. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1901 Mar 27
Mermaid Station, PA - Standing at a point on the wagon road box 20 37 feet east of the nearest rail of the south bound track looking north. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1905 May 28
9th & Girard Avenue, Philadelphia - Looking east on Girard box 20 Avenue from west of railroad. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1909 June 15
Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia - Standing at a point on the box 20 south sidewalk of Hunting Park Avenue, east of the railroad, 55 feet from the nearest rail of No. 4 track looking north (at Link Belt Engineering Company). Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1903 October 2
31st Street & Girard Avenue, Philadelphia - Looking north box 20 from a point between north and south bound tracks under Girard Avenue Bridge. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1904 May 2
13th Street Crossing, Philadelphia - Standing on a point on the box 20 north sidewalk of 13th Street, east of the railroad, 4 feet from the nearest rail looking north. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1906 November 24
4th Street Crossing, Bridgeport, PA. Photo by H.B. Harmer, box 20 1905 June 2
South of Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia - Standing at a point box 20 on the railroad south of Fairmount Avenue crossing looking north along the railroad. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1905 March 2
Front Street and Nobb Street, Philadelphia. Photo by H.B. box 20 Harmer, 1906 May 24
2nd Street below Girard Avenue, Philadelphia - Looking south box 20 on 2nd Street from east side of 2nd Street at Girard Avenue. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1905 March 2
2nd below Girard Avenue, Philadelphia - Looking north on 2nd box 20 Street from a point on the east side of 2nd Street and south of Girard Avenue. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1905 March 2
Nicetown, PA. Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1899 June 2 box 20
Saint Clair Yard, Saint Clair, PA - Looking north on railroad box 20 from west rail on tail track. Evidence in "Parry vs. Railway." Photo by Edward F. Harrison, 1916 October 23
River Road - Swedeland Furnace, PA - Looking south from 188' box 20 0" north of crossing. Evidence in "Denzei vs. Railway." Photo by Edward F. Harrison, 1913 October 29
River Road - Swedeland Furnace, PA - Looking north from 210' box 20 0" south of crossing. Evidence in "Denzei vs. Railway." Photo by Edward F. Harrison, 1913 October 29
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Train on Lebanon Valley Branch at Wyomissing Junction, just box 20 prior to entering Lebanon Valley - Reading Belt Connection (aerial photograph), undated
Bridges Title/Description Instances Black Rock Tunnel Bridge, undated box 19
Eckert's Bridge across the Schuylkill River, Berks County box 19 Railroad. Built by J.H. Cofrode & Co., Philadelphia, 1873. Photo by R. Newell & Son, Philadelphia, undated
Lover's Leap Bridge across the Schuylkill River, Berks County box 19 Railroad. Built by J.H. Cofrode & Co., Philadelphia, 1873. Photo by R. Newell & Son, Philadelphia, undated
Peacock's Bridge over Schuylkill River. Photo by H.B. Harmer, box 19 undated
Pottstown, PA - King Street and Reading RR Overpass. Photo box 19 by H.B. Harmer, 1907 April 24
Race Street Crossing, Philadelphia and Reading Terminal RR, box 19 undated
Schuylkill River Bridge, P & R RR, East Span, Fairmount Park, box 19 Philadelphia, 1890 April
West Falls Bridge, 1890 box 19
Wissahickon Bridge. Photo by H.B. Harmer, undated box 19
Wood Street Crossing, Philadelphia and Reading Terminal RR, box 19 undated
Unidentified, undated box 19
Old Bridge over Schuylkill - Perkiomen Railroad, undated box 20
Stations Title/Description Instances Reading Terminal, Philadelphia. Photos by H.B. Harmer, circa box 19 1893
Buildings and Facilities Title/Description Instances Port Richmond Terminals, Philadelphia, undated box 19
Reading, PA - Shops, undated box 19
Wayne Junction, Philadelphia - Interlocking Tower, undated box 19
Unidentified Crane and Gantry, undated box 19
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Unidentified Shed, Interior, undated box 19
Reading Railroad Offices - 4th Street below Walnut Street, 1873 box 20
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Title/Description Instances Locomotive #216, mfg. by Baldwin, undated box 19
Interior of a Pullman Drawing Room and Sleeping Coach - Erie box 19 RR Magazine, undated
Miscellaneous Title/Description Instances Diorama of a Coal Mine, "Compliments of the Phila. & Reading box 19 Coal & iron Co.", undated
Lightning, 1913 box 19
Japanese Pagoda, Fairmount Park, circa 1900 box 19
Unidentified Equipment Loading Barge "M & J Tracy", Block box 20 Island, undated
Unidentified, circa 1904 box 20
Canals and Dams Title/Description Instances Columbia Dam - Susquehanna & Tidewater Canal. Photo by box 20 H.B. Harmer, 1995 November 9
Schuylkill Navigation Company - Manayunk Canal - Looking box 20 north from Fountain Street Bridge (Unloader - Martin & William H. Nixon Paper Co.), 1907 November 25
Schuylkill Navigation Company - View upstream from Lock 68, box 20 showing Manayunk Canal inlet, 1907 November 25
Schuylkill Navigation Company - Norristown Dam - Looking box 20 west from north of break - Showing timbers raised by flood of July 22, 1919
Schuylkill Navigation Company - Flat Rock Dam (Coffer dam box 20 above break at west abutment). Photo by H.B. Harmer, 1902 March 22
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Philadelphia & Reading Railway, Sectional box 20 Maps of the Philadelphia Division, circa 1904 (Box 20) - Page 32- Reading Company photographs 1974.330
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