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[Maiden Run of "Pennsylvania Special"]

Description: Heading out of the old Exchange Place Station in Jersey City, a spindly Atlantic type 4-4-2 locomotive and four de luxe coaches begin the maiden run of the "Pennsylvania Special" in June of 1902. Twenty hours and 912 miles later she will enter Chicago having given birth to a new era in passenger travel. On that same day in June the New York Central Railroad's "Twentieth Century Limited" also went into service. By 1929 all of the Pennsy's Atlantics had given way to the famed K4s Pacifics on f… more
Date: June 1902
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[James H. McGuire House, Christmas 1904]

Description: The James H. McGuire family, Christmas 1904. Left rear, Elizabeth DeBarger McGuire, 3rd from left rear, Fred McGuire; 5th from left rear, Jessie McGuire; middle row 2nd from left, Caroline Street Scott; 3rd, James H. McGuire; 1st row with mustache, Albert McGuire.
Date: December 1904
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

New Jersey.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century New Jersey railroads, canals, counties, county seats, cities and towns. Relief shown by shading. Includes legend. Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 956,400].
Date: 1904
Creator: Americana Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[T&P #265 Being Hauled by Horses]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #265 being hauled by horses. There are crowds of people in the street and buildings visible throughout. Below the photo are written "Paterson, N.J. Sept 21st 1900 - T&P #265 @ Rogers Locomotive Works [sic] This was the method of transporting new locomotives from the Rogers Works to the Erie tracks - about 1 mile. 32 horses were used and this was the last locomotive hauled by them. After this a dummy engine was employed until the works were abandoned in 1926. The building… more
Date: September 21, 1900
Creator: Lucas, W. A.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Photograph of Man and Hornet]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a suit and a hornet behind him. There is text below picture stating, "These hotels at Atlantic make you say "Stung" every few minutes. Build one at Galveston and run it on the same plan and you won't have to work any longer Lee."
Date: September 30, 1907
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Maps of Virginia, New Jersey, and New York]

Description: Map shows counties, railroads, canals, cities, towns, and notable physical features; canals, railroads, and counties in Norfolk area. Inset: "Norfolk and Vicinity." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,540,000].
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Tom and Carolyn Scott Wedding Party]

Description: Thomas M. Scott and Carolyn M. Street wedding party, November 3, 1904. Back Row, L to R: Eleanor McGuillard (friend), Jessie McGuire (Albert's wife), Gertrude Briggs (aunt of bride), Josephine Hollingsworth (friend), Sidney Moore (best man); second row: Caroline McGuire (aunt of bride), Thomas Scott (groom), Adelaide Backer (friend); front row: Carolyn S. Scott (bride), Elizabeth McGuire (Albert's child), Albert McGuire (uncle of the bride), Elizabeth deBarger McGuire (grandmother of bride).
Date: November 3, 1904
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

Bale Forming Apparatus

Description: Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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