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2.
- Creator:
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Published / Created:
- [1887]
- Call Number:
- Zc10 +887un
- Collection Title:
- Union Pacific sketch book: a brief description of prominent places of interest along the line of
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- The new bridge connecting Council Bluffs and Omaha
- Subject (Geographic):
- Council Bluffs (Iowa), Omaha (Neb.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroad bridges--Iowa and Railroads
- Collection Created:
- Omaha, Neb., D.C. Dunbar & Co., 1887
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Council Bluffs
3.
- Creator:
- George W. Williams & Company
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1869]
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 106
- Image Count:
- 58
- Abstract:
- Viewbook of mounted photographic prints compiled by the George W. Williams & Company, fertilizer merchants, ca. 1869. A photographic print appears on the recto of each mount that depicts an advertisement for Carolina Fertilizer with a letterpress testimonial below it. The verso of each mount carries a photographic print of an image created by Andrew J. Russell. The exception is the last mount, which carries a photographic advertisement for BD Sea Fowl Guano on the recto of the mount and no photographic print on the verso. The images by Russell document landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, An image shows a view of Echo, Utah, as well as rock outcroppings in its vicinity, including Hanging Rock, Monument Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in the Weber River Valley, Utah, include views of Coalville city, Devil's Gate, Tunnel No. 4, Bridge No. 32, and of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge at the mouth of the canyon, Images of Wyoming include views of a large windmill at Laramie; Granite Canyon from a water tank; High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area; and an overview of the Laramie River Valley, as well as railroad cuts consisting of the Burning Rock Cut and Hall's Cut (identified in a caption as the Great Mountain Pass)., An image of Omaha, Nebraska, shows a street leading to the Missouri River, An image shows a group of people during the laying of the last rail connecting the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869, near Promontory, Utah, and Sixteen plates without mounted photographic prints in the volume contain graphical advertisements for the products of the George W. Williams Company including BD Sea Fowl Guano, Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, C. C. Coe's Ammoniated Super Phosphate of Lime, Carolina Fertilizer, and Palmetto Soluble Acid Phosphate, as well as powdered raw bones and dissolved unburnt bones
- Description:
- Title from cover., Autograph on front board of Frank E. Taylor., Twenty photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's, The Great West illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Photographic prints measure 13 x 7 cm.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States., West (U.S.), Coalville (Utah), Echo (Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Russell, Andrew J., Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Advertising, Agriculture, Fertilizer industry, and Railroads
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
4.
- Creator:
- Robinson, Melvin Charles, compiler.
- Published / Created:
- 1943-1983
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 287
- Image Count:
- 57
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- Ephemera includes: a newspaper article about the 477th Bombardment Group's ground crews, featuring Melvin C. Robinson and with an image of Robinson instructing pilots and crews during a daily intelligence briefing; a typed extract of special orders given to Robinson on December 2, 1943; a letter to Army Air Force veterans from Brigadier General Richard C. Sanders, circa 1945, offering the service of personal affairs officers to Black veterans who were prohibited from accessing Air Force facilities and services due to segregation laws; two copies of "Obsequies of Mr. Melvin C. Robinson", held at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Omaha, Nebraska on August 10, 1982; and a certificate of thanks issued to Edna L. Robinson by the Pilgrim Baptist Church on May 14, 1983., Photograph album containing 122 photographs by unidentified photographers and six pieces of ephemera compiled by Melvin Charles Robinson and his wife Edna L. Robinson, 1943-1983. The photographs depict the work and recreational activities of the 477th Bombardment Group, later the 477th Composite Group after it incorporated the 99th Fighter Squadron, of the United States Army Air Forces at Freeman Field (Indiana), Godman Field (Kentucky), Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Michigan), and Walterboro Army Air Field (South Carolina), circa 1943-1945. Affixed to the front cover of the album is a hand painted panel with the album's title and the insignia of the 477th Bombardment Group., and Photographs of scenes of work include: soldiers in parade formation being reviewed by General Benjamin O. Davis; B-25 Mitchell bombers and P-47 Thunderbolt fighters on the ground and in formation flight; pilots, flight crews, bombardiers, aerial gunners, and armorers undergoing training, performing maintenance, and conducting pre-flight checks; airmen giving and attending intelligence briefings; military police officers; crash crews responding to an event; radio operators; a dispensary; a truck convoy; and color guards. Photographs also depict: scenes of press and Army Air Force officials in front of a hangar on June 21, 1945; Truman K. Gibson, lawyer and Chief Civilian Advisor to the Secretary of War, with two unidentified men, 1945; a group portrait of discharged men and women; and portraits of Robinson alone and with fellow soldiers. Photographs of scenes of recreation include: troops socializing; an officers' dance; athletic competitions, including a track meet, a tennis match, and basketball and softball games; boxing, including exhibition matches with Joe Louis at Godman Field; and United Service Organizations (USO) performers, including Lena Horne, King Cole Trio, Louis Armstrong and the Louis Armstrong Orchestra, and Horace Henderson and the Horace Henderson Orchestra. Also includes aerial photographs of: B-25 Mitchell bombers in formation flight; a flooded landscape in an unidentified location; and a view of Freeman Field, Indiana.
- Description:
- Captions and ephemera in English., Captions in the negatives., Melvin Charles Robinson (1917-1982) was an African American man who was born in Georgetown, Texas. He settled in Omaha, Nebraska in 1941, and married Edna L. Sawyer in 1956. Robinson joined the United States Army in 1941, trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama as a crewman, and was assigned to the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) in 1944. Robinson also worked for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1941 until his retirement in 1979, and owned and operated Robinson's Florist in Omaha with his wife Edna from 1962 to 1978., Place and date of creation from captions., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2018., The 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Force was an African American combat unit first activated from May 13-August 25, 1943. The unit was activated again on January 15, 1944 and trained with Mitchell B-25 bombers in order to allow African American soldiers to serve on bomber crews. The group trained at Selfridge Field, later Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan; Godman Field, Kentucky; Freeman Field, Indiana; and again at Godman Field. The 477th endured racial discrimination from surrounding communities in Kentucky and Indiana, and on base from the commanders of the 477th and the First Air Force. In 1945 more than 100 officers of the 477th engaged in an act of collective resistance that came to be known as the Freeman Field Mutiny. The events eventually led to a change of command for the 477th and it was moved back to Godman Field, this time under a Black commander, Colonel (later General) Benjamin O. Davis. The 477th Bomber Group was redesignated the 477th Composite Group after the 99th Fighter Squadron, another African American combat unit, was incorporated into it in 1945., and Title from cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Freeman Field (Ind.)--Pictorial works., Godman Field (Ky.)--Pictorial works., Indiana--Pictorial works., Kentucky--Pictorial works., Michigan--Pictorial works., Omaha (Neb.), Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Mich.)--Pictorial works., South Carolina--Pictorial works., and Walterboro Army Air Field (S.C.)--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Name):
- Armstrong, Louis,--1901-1971--Portraits., Davis, Benjamin O.,--Jr.,--1912-2002--Portraits., Gibson, Truman K.--(Truman Kella),--1912-2005--Portraits., Henderson, Horace--Portraits., Horace Henderson Orchestra--Pictorial works., Horne, Lena--Portraits., King Cole Trio--Pictorial works., Louis Armstrong Orchestra--Pictorial works., Louis, Joe,--1914-1981--Portraits., Pilgrim Baptist Church (Omaha, Neb.), Robinson, Edna L., Robinson, Edna L., compiler., Robinson, Melvin Charles., Robinson, Melvin Charles--Portraits., Sanders, Richard C.,--1915-1976., United Service Organizations (U.S.)--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--African American officers--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--African American officers--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--African American troops--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--African American troops--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--African Americans--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--African Americans--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--Airmen--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--Airmen--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--Officers--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--Officers--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--Portraits., United States.--Armed Forces--Women--Pictorial works., United States.--Armed Forces--Women--Portraits., United States.--Army Air Forces.--Bombardment Group, 477th--Pictorial works., United States.--Army Air Forces.--Composite Group, 477th--Pictorial works., United States.--Army Air Forces.--Fighter Squadron, 99th--Pictorial works., United States.--Army Air Forces--Airmen--Pictorial works., United States.--Army Air Forces--Airmen--Portraits., and United States.--Army Air Forces--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Topic):
- Aeronautics--Pictorial works, African American air pilots--Pictorial works., African American air pilots--Portraits., African American men--Pictorial works., African American men--Portraits., African American soldiers--Pictorial works., African American soldiers--Portraits., African American women--Portraits., African Americans in aeronautics--Pictorial works., African Americans in aeronautics--Portraits., African Americans--Segregation, Air bases, American--Pictorial works., Air pilots--United States--Portraits., Airplanes--Pictorial works, Armorers--United States--Portraits., Bombardiers--United States--Portraits., Bombers--United States--Pictorial works., Boxers (Sports)--Kentucky--Portraits., Boxing matches--Kentucky--Pictorial works., Boxing--Kentucky--Pictorial works., Color guards--United States--Pictorial works., Discrimination in the military--United States., Fighter planes--United States--Pictorial works., Flight crews--United States--Portraits., Formation flying--United States--Pictorial works., Military police--United States--Portraits., Mitchell (Bomber)--Pictorial works., Race discrimination--United States, Soldiers--Recreation--Pictorial works., Thunderbolt (Fighter plane)--Pictorial works., World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Pictorial works, and World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Pictorial works.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > History of the 477th Bomb Group Medium.
5.
- Published / Created:
- 1892.
- Call Number:
- WA PHOTOS 297
- Image Count:
- 98
- Abstract:
- Snapshots of a westward rail journey in 1892, possibly taken by someone traveling with a group of Freemasons. Men in masonic caps and regalia appear in several of the images, and one is captioned "Group of citizens (at Station to see Sir Kts.)". The photos show Niagara Falls, New York, including a boat moving through the streets on a trolley track; Pullman, Illinois; the depots at Red Oaks, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska; the railroad bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa; Florence and other unidentified towns in Nebraska; Gunnison, Roggin, and Glenwood Springs in Colorado; the Marshall Pass through the Rocky Mountains; unidentified prairie homesteads and scenes; and several unidentified depots and scenic stops
- Description:
- Photographer unidentified., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript captions on verso of most photos. Card mounts printed on verso: "From Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, 374 Washington Street, Boston. Kodak, Kamaret and Hawk-eye Cameras, Developing & Reloading."
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States, West (U.S.), Missouri river, Niagara Falls (N.Y.), Pullman (Chicago, Ill.), Omaha (Neb.), Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Gunnison (Colo.), and Marshall Pass (Colo.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroads, Railroad travel, Freemasons, Travelers, Railroad stations, Railroad bridges, Frontier and pioneer life, and Prairies
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of a railroad trip from Niagara Falls to Colorado
6.
- Creator:
- Russell, Andrew J.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1867-1869]
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 348
- Image Count:
- 35
- Abstract:
- Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include a view of the Tabernacle, and two images that show the residences of Brigham Young, known as the Beehive House and Lion House; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. An image depicts a portrait of a Mormon family in the Great Salt River Valley, Images of locations in the vicinity of Echo, Utah, include Hanging Rock at the mouth of Echo Canyon; Sentinel Rock in Echo Canyon, as well as Sphinx Rock near Echo, Images of locations in Weber River Valley, Utah, include a view of the valley from Wilhelmina Pass, and images of Devil's Gate and Tunnel No. 4., A portrait depicts a group of officials gathered at Fort Sanders, Laramie, Wyoming, in the summer of 1868, which includes Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and Sidney Dillon, the director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Images of locations in Wyoming include Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin and Skull Rock near Sherman Station as well as several sites in the Green River Valley consisting of Castle Rock, Citadel Rock, and Smith's Buttes, and Other images include a view of men and a horse on High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area of Wyoming; a view of a construction train in the Bear River Valley in Utah or Wyoming; and an image of Omaha, Nebraska, that shows a street leading to the Missouri River
- Description:
- Title from cover., Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume., and Some of these photographs appear in A. J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869.
- Publisher:
- A. Mudge & Son Print
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Railroads
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Union Pacific Railroad views
