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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
At The Hospital
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore American describes scenes from the hospital after the Baltimore riots.
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May 30, 1868 | Illustration
Aspinwall, New Granada, Central America
This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the railroad and railway station at Aspinwall, New Granada (present day Colon, Panama) in Central America.
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September 19, 1896 | Speech
Ashland, VA Speech, 1896-09-18
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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September 16, 1896 | Speech
Asheville, NC Speech, 1896-09-16
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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1859 | Illustration
Ascending the Alleghanies
A key illustration from the article features artists and guests riding the engine.
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1859 | Illustration
Artists' Excursion Over The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
Noteworthy for its marvelous illlustrations, this feature article portrays the joys of railroad travel.
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August 13, 1877 | Newspaper
ART. IX.—The Recent Strikes
This August 13, 1877 article reports on the violence and destruction of the Great Railroad strike in cities across the eastern United States.
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October 22, 1864 | Illustration
Arrival of Recruits During the Fight at Peeble's Farm
This image from the October 22, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the arrival of fresh recruits by train during the Battle of Peeble's Farm as part of Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
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November 7, 1863 | Illustration
Army of the Cumberland Troop Train
This image from the November 7, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the United States' Army of the Cumberland passing through a substantial cut in the mountains while traveling on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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July 30, 1877 | Newspaper
Arbitration as a Remedy
This letter from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post discusses the resolution of the railroad strike and argues that the railroad owners handled the situation poorly. Their inept decision-making required the railroads to seek government assistance to remedy their mistakes.
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1850 | Annual report
Annual Report to the President and Directors of the Board of Public Works, 1850
When proposed and the first efforts made in 1850, the Blue Ridge Tunnel was to be the longest tunnel in North America. Claudius Crozet, as chief engineer, warns his Board of Public Works against comparing its progress with other tunnels. The condition of the rock and the scale of the project were different and unprecedented, respectively. Crozet tries to educate the Board on the nature of the project.
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1859 | Illustration
Anno Domini MMMM.DCCC.LIX
The artist envisions the lasting legacy of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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October 10, 1922 | Photograph
Anna Bates, Great-Granddaughter of Samuel B. Reed, After the Unveiling of the Samuel B. Reed Monument in Joliet, Illinois, October 10, 1922
This is a photograph of Anna Bates, the great-granddaughter of Samuel B. Reed, just after the unveiling of the Samuel B. Reed monument in Joliet, Illinois on October 10, 1922. The monument is still located on the grounds of the Joliet, Illinois Will County Court House, approximately 75 feet from the northeast corner of the building. It reads: "On this spot in 1850 Samuel Benedict Reed, Civil Engineer, pioneer railroad builder, citizen of Joliet, began the survey for the present Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, the first railroad to reach and bridge the Mississippi River. The first train into Joliet reached this initial point October 10, 1852. As Chief Engineer of Construction he directed the building of the Union Pacific, the first trans-continental railroad, the completion of which in 1869 realized the dream of Columbus: a westward trade route to the Indies. This rock from the summit of the Continental Divide on the line of the Union Pacific was placed here through the cooperation of these two railroads and dedicated October 10, 1922."
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October 21, 1896 | Speech
Anderson, IN Speech, 1896-10-22
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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July 18, 1877 | Newspaper
An Explanation by Captain Charles J. Faulkner, Jr.
This letter to the editor by Captain Charles J. Faulkner, printed in the July 19, 1877 edition of the Baltimore Sun defends his decision to leave the railroad yard at Martinsburg, West Virginia. Faulkner's letter comes in response to newspaper editors who suggested that his company left too soon.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
An Engineer Lifted From His Train By A Mob At Newark, July 20th.
The worst agitation in Ohio occured at Newark, an important Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot.
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1911 | Photograph
An Early Locomotive
This image from The Modern Railroad, published in 1911, shows one of the earliest locomotives built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
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October 15, 1894 | Newspaper
An Artistic Job of Train Robbing
Bryan's World Herald puts the tariff issue at the center of the 1894 campaign and argues that the tariff is a tax on working people because it results in higher prices for all goods and commodities. The newspaper also editorializes about a recent train robbery, arguing that the Wells Fargo men did not demonstrate enough manliness in the confrontation.
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1911 | Photograph
An Army of Clerks
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), depicts a room full of freight department clerks.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
An Armed Mob Marching To The Scene of Action In Pittsburgh.
Note the imagery that is slightly reminscient of Archibald Willard's famous painting The Spirit of '76.
