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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

 Organization

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

John Dubas photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1977.20
Abstract

The John Dubas Collection consists of 24 boxes of photographs and manuscript materials related to Baltimore photographer John Dubas, including more than 3600 photographic prints, film negatives and glass negatives taken by Dubas between 1900 and 1971, as well as correspondence, ledger books, and log books. There are also newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1900-1977

John Work Garrett letter books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3258
Abstract

This collection contains 15 letter books (ranging from 1868-1881) and 3 telegram books (1879-1882) from the office of John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 until his death in 1884.

Dates: 1868 - 1882

McNeal-Watters-Preston-Munnikhuysen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3055
Abstract

The papers in the collection span more then 200 years, from 1776 to 1981. The materials consist of letters, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, business correspondence and photographs relating to the McNeal, Watters, Preston, and Munnikhuysen families.

Dates: 1776-1981

Shriver family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2085.6
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of George M. Shriver, Vice-President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and his family, 1873-1908.

Dates: 1873-1908

Shriver-Foster family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2828
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, legal documents and business papers, travel itineries, and family memorabilia of the Shriver-Foster family. George M. Shriver and his son Charles Shriver worked for the B & O Railroad Company. Other family members served in the army and the navy during World War I and World War II and during the 1950s. The Shriver-Foster family lived in Baltimore City and in Garrison Forest. The collection also includes family information concerning schooling,...
Dates: 1764-1980

The Fair of the Iron Horse, Centenary Exhibit and Pageant of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland, September 24 - October 8, 1927, 1927

 File — Box: Oversize Posters, 1920-1929, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era...
Dates: 1927

The Fair of the Iron Horse photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0167
Abstract

This collection contains photographs from the Fair of the Iron Horse, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centenary celebration in Halethorpe, Maryland, 1927. Included are images of the fairgrounds, exhibits, spectators, floats, historical reenactments, and more.

Dates: 1927

The story of inland transport in America will be shown in all detail & profuseness in the Centenary Exhibition and Pageant of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be held in Baltimore September 24th to October 8th 1927…, 1927

 File — Box: Oversize Posters, 1920-1929, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era...
Dates: 1927