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July 28, 1877 | Newspaper
The Railroad Strike
This article from the July 28, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes a misunderstanding between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Colonel Thomas A. Scott regarding whether or not Scott could have prevented the outbreak of violence.
1911 | Photograph
The Railroad Track Walker
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), captures a track walker, lantern in hand, performing his nightly duties.
July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
The Railroad War
This July 21, 1877 article from the Pittsburgh Daily Post details the extent of the railroad strike and the government's efforts to suppress it through military force.
July 20, 1877 | Newspaper
The Railway Strike
This article from the July 21, 1877 edition of the London Times gives an account of the strike's changing scope following the arrival of Federal troops as well as the suspicion of its growth in other cities around the country.
1893 | Book
The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition
Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, Irvine Garland Penn, Ferdinand L. Barnett, and Frederick Loudin published The Reason Why in response to the exclusion of Afircan Americans and their contributions to American life from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The excerpt included here is part of Wells' contribution and includes the Tennessee separate coach law.
March 19, 1870 | Illustration
The Recent Accident On The Mississippi Central Railroad
This image from the March 19, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts an accident due to a bridge collapse on the Mississippi Central Railroad.
July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
The Riot Begins
This July 21, 1877 article from the Baltimore American gives an account of the strike's opening moments and details the confrontation between the police, the military, and the mob.
1907 | Book
The Road
An excerpt from Jack London's The Road.
July 26, 1877 | Newspaper
The Road To Hell Is Easy
This editorial from the July 26, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post discusses the social ramifications of the strike and wonders why a solution cannot be reached between the railroad owners and the railroad strikers.
1864 | Photograph
The roundhouse, Chattanooga Railroad, Atlanta, in 1864
August 11, 1877 | Illustration
The Ruins at Pittsburgh
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the smoldering ruins of the roundhouse and shops at Pittsburgh after the riots. Such scenes of devastation, rendered from the vantage point and perspective to see the whole scope, were similar to images of destruction in the Civil War.
1885 | Time Table
The Santa Fe Route
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's 1885 time table emphasized its connections not only to California but also to Mexico City on the Mexico Central Railroad. Its large map featured detailed insets of Baja California and Mexico for tourists and travelers, and its inside folds described special rates for "land explorers" and emigrants.
July 31, 1858 | Illustration
The Scene After the Accident
This image from the July 31, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the scene at a train derailment on the Erie railroad.
August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Scene After the First Volley
This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the streets of Baltimore after troops opened fire on strikers during the 1877 Strike.
1921 | Book
The School Days of an Indian Girl
Zitkal�-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) writes about her sense of dislocation on the railroad as she was taken to boarding school and the feelings she had on her return home.
May 6, 1862 | Map
The Seat of War in Eastern Virginia
This map from the front page of the May 6, 1862, New York Daily Tribune helped Americans unfamiliar with the geography of eastern Virginia sort out the landscape and resources associated with the names of towns and railroad junctions coming from newspaper reports. The constant flow of war information and visual representations like this map kept Americans abreast of far-away developments.
May 12, 1862 | Map
The Seat of War in Eastern Virginia
During the Peninsula Campaign, the New York Daily Tribune provides readers with a detailed picture of the eastern Virginia; the Table of Distances at the bottom of the map further informs readers about the space and landscape being described in reports and dispatches. Note the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad running up the center of the image; a number of other rail lines criss-cross the map.
December 5, 1868 | Illustration
The Serra Viaduct, St Paul's Railroad, Brazil
This image from the December 5, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the lengthy Serra Viaduct of St. Paul's Railroad in Brazil.
August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y., Drilling In Loading and Firing.
This image comes from a series of illustrations "Scenes In The Armory Of The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y." depicting the soldiers' stay in their armory in preparation for violence on the streets of New York.
July 27, 1877 | Newspaper
The Situation
These selections from the July 27, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post note the expectation that all strikers will soon return to work. They also describe the arrival of General Hancock's troops and detail the legislation enacted in response to the strikes.