Photographs

Creator:

Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996, Daggy, Walter S., 1896-1988, and Reid, H.

Scope and content:

Series 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.

The bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book The Crooked & Weedy and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in The Crooked & Weedy, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.

The group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.

A group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.

Photographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.

Names:

Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996
Daggy, Walter S., 1896-1988
Reid, H.

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