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Railroad stations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

A crowd waiting at the Norman Railroad depot for the return of the OU Football Team after their victory over Texas, circa 1915., circa 1915

 Item — Box Photo P-42, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma and Norman, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1915

A panoramic view of the future site of Oklahoma City. Taken on the morning of April 22, 1889. By late afternoon, the empty space around the depot was covered with tents., 1889 April 22

 Item — Box Photo F-24, item: 78
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives, taken by Andrew Alexander Forbes. Includes scenes of the range cattle industry in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, sodhouses, railroad construction, the United States Army, buffalo, andalso of Sac and Fox and Cheyenne Indians.

Dates: 1889 April 22

A Santa Fe depot in Shawnee, OK., undated

 Item — Box Photo P-31, Item: 2107
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...
Dates: undated

A saw mill with men at work next to a depot., Undated

 Item — Box Photo H-6A, item: 149
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original prints of American Indians, including Caddo, Cheyenne, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Navajo, Pueblo, and Sioux; airplanes; baseball players; Belle Starr; businesses; cowboys; the land run of 1889; mining operations in Nome, Alaska; mining; schools; soldiers; street scenes; tornado damage in Duke, Oklahoma; the Anadarko Indian Fair in Anadarko, Oklahoma; Baxter, Hawarden, and Smithland, Iowa; Fort Riley, Kansas; Ellsworth, Minnesota; Cameron, Missouri; and Fort Gibson, Fort Sill, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: Undated

Abandoned town of Lugert, Oklahoma.  There is a depot and a grain elevator with a couple of houses in the vicinity.  It looks like the construction crews have already been working in the area.  The town had to be abandoned when the Altus dam was constructed.  10 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 10

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 90
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 10

A.J. Williams, standing next to car at Rock Island Railroad Station, Central Oklahoma, circa 1920., circa 1920

 Item — Box Photo W-27, item: 301
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: circa 1920

Arthur James Williams Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1679
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: 1910-1940

Atlantic City Views, Undated

 Item — Box Photo L-7A, item: 183-187
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of the Foress B. Lillie family and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory and state. The collection includes street scenes, transportation, businesses, outlaws, and oilwells, as well as scenes of places, cities and towns in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Foress B. Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Avery Depot and yard., undated

 Item — Box Photo H-22A , Item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of railroad depots at Pauls Valley and Byars, Indian Territory; Wanette, Newkirk, Tecumseh, Shawnee, Meeker, Payson, Sparks, Chuckaho, Kendrick, Avery, Cushing, Yale, Quay, Maramec, Skedee, Ralston, Fairfax, Remington, Kaw, and Uncas, Oklahoma Territory; and Macomb, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of locomotives, railroad bridges and railroad yards.

Dates: undated

Barrels of turkeys being shipped from Pauls Valley , undated

 Item — Box Photo S-6, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and panoramas of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. The collection includes scenes of Main Street, businesses, the railroad depot, and a parade for the returning World War I servicemen of Garvin County, Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

“C. and G. W. Depot, Baxter, IA.” Baxter train depot with a view of the tracks., Undated

 Item — Box Photo H-6, item: 109
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original prints of American Indians, including Caddo, Cheyenne, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Navajo, Pueblo, and Sioux; airplanes; baseball players; Belle Starr; businesses; cowboys; the land run of 1889; mining operations in Nome, Alaska; mining; schools; soldiers; street scenes; tornado damage in Duke, Oklahoma; the Anadarko Indian Fair in Anadarko, Oklahoma; Baxter, Hawarden, and Smithland, Iowa; Fort Riley, Kansas; Ellsworth, Minnesota; Cameron, Missouri; and Fort Gibson, Fort Sill, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: Undated

Charles E. Winters Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-2207
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy and original prints of railroads in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The collection also contains scenes of Fort Smith and Western Railroad locomotives and rolling stock.

Dates: 1902-1940

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-703
Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Corporate records arranged in five functional sub-groups of executive files; legal files; engineering records; property accounting; and real estate and industrial development records. Record series of the executive sub-group include minutes (1905-1915, 1947-1975); annual reports (1884-1908, 1915-1932, 1941, 1948-1975); subject files (1900-1984); monthly letters to the Board of Directors (1921-1972); correspondence (1913-1976); corporate files of associated railroads (1910-1975); liquidation files (1968-1984); and stock ledgers (1853-1864; 1906-1933). In the legal sub-group are: subject files (ca. 1925-1979); correspondence (1969-1976); contracts (1900-1910, 1930, 1950-1960); merger files-Union Pacific (1963-1975); merger files-other railroads (1920-1980); litigation files (1830-1960); legislation files-state level (1908-1920); and...
Dates: 1853-1984

Choctaw Railroad Depot, El Reno, 1901. Later the depot of the Rock Island when the Choctaw was sold to the Rock Island., 1901

 Item — Box Photo B-9, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the towns of Riverton (Sayre), El Reno, and Doxey, Oklahoma Territory. Also included are photographs of the Benton family, businesses, railroads, and University of Oklahoma students. Joseph Benton Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1901

Chuckaho Depot and yard., undated

 Item — Box Photo H-22A , Item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of railroad depots at Pauls Valley and Byars, Indian Territory; Wanette, Newkirk, Tecumseh, Shawnee, Meeker, Payson, Sparks, Chuckaho, Kendrick, Avery, Cushing, Yale, Quay, Maramec, Skedee, Ralston, Fairfax, Remington, Kaw, and Uncas, Oklahoma Territory; and Macomb, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of locomotives, railroad bridges and railroad yards.

Dates: undated

Crowed at the Santa Fe depot and the Wells Fargo express office. PL #59; Neg., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-14, item: 112
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives of the settlement of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes images of street scenes, businesses, building construction, Guthrie as a tent city, railroads, and the United States military at Guthrie.

Dates: undated

Cushing Depot and yard., undated

 Item — Box Photo H-22A , Item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of railroad depots at Pauls Valley and Byars, Indian Territory; Wanette, Newkirk, Tecumseh, Shawnee, Meeker, Payson, Sparks, Chuckaho, Kendrick, Avery, Cushing, Yale, Quay, Maramec, Skedee, Ralston, Fairfax, Remington, Kaw, and Uncas, Oklahoma Territory; and Macomb, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of locomotives, railroad bridges and railroad yards.

Dates: undated

Cushing Yards – looking North., undated

 Item — Box Photo H-22A , Item: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of railroad depots at Pauls Valley and Byars, Indian Territory; Wanette, Newkirk, Tecumseh, Shawnee, Meeker, Payson, Sparks, Chuckaho, Kendrick, Avery, Cushing, Yale, Quay, Maramec, Skedee, Ralston, Fairfax, Remington, Kaw, and Uncas, Oklahoma Territory; and Macomb, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of locomotives, railroad bridges and railroad yards.

Dates: undated

Depot at Curtis, Oklahoma, built in 1894., Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-3, item: 85
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of towns in Woodward County, Oklahoma including Woodward, Richmond, Curtis, Tangier, Mooreland, Haskew, Mutual and Enid. The collection also contains photographs of agriculture, businesses, cowboys, the range cattle industry, schools, and the United States Cavalry. Woodward County Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Depot at Spokane, Washington, Undated

 Item — Box Photo L-8A, item: 270
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of the Foress B. Lillie family and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory and state. The collection includes street scenes, transportation, businesses, outlaws, and oilwells, as well as scenes of places, cities and towns in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Foress B. Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Depot wagon yard, Guthrie. PL #132, undated

 Item — Box Photo S-14, item: 95
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives of the settlement of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes images of street scenes, businesses, building construction, Guthrie as a tent city, railroads, and the United States military at Guthrie.

Dates: undated

Don L. Hofsommer Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1693
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white copy prints of railroad depots at Pauls Valley and Byars, Indian Territory; Wanette, Newkirk, Tecumseh, Shawnee, Meeker, Payson, Sparks, Chuckaho, Kendrick, Avery, Cushing, Yale, Quay, Maramec, Skedee, Ralston, Fairfax, Remington, Kaw, and Uncas, Oklahoma Territory; and Macomb, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of locomotives, railroad bridges and railroad yards.

Dates: 1903-1916

Engine #13 and crew, Waco station, Undated

 File — Box Photo D-28, item: 193
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original and copy prints of train depots in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, and engines from the Midland Valley Railroad Company and from the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company. Also included are photographs of railroad employees, railcars, work crews, and train wrecks. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: Undated

Excursion train from Davison (Texas) arriving in Bromide in 1912 or 1913, 1912-1913

 Item — Box Photo M-18, item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1912-1913

First train to use the new Broken Bow depot. Crowd of people is in the station. Broken Bow, Oklahoma, 1911, 1911

 Item — Box Photo N-7, Item: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Norman and Cheyenne, Oklahoma Territory and state. Also photographs of Drumright and Broken Bow, Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma, cowboys, businesses, and Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians.

Dates: 1911

Foraker Station, Winter 1929-30, 1929

 File — Box Photo D-28, item: 174
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original and copy prints of train depots in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, and engines from the Midland Valley Railroad Company and from the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company. Also included are photographs of railroad employees, railcars, work crews, and train wrecks. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1929

Fort Smith and Western Depot, Dustin, Okla., undated

 File — Box Photo G-4, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Dustin, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, including scenes of businesses, railroads, farming, and cotton gins. The collection also contains a scene of Cromwell, Oklahoma and a photograph of Creek Indians.

Dates: undated

Frank Best and other members of a Santa Fe freight house crew. PL #299. Mitchell and De Groff, undated

 Item — Box Photo S-13, item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives of the settlement of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes images of street scenes, businesses, building construction, Guthrie as a tent city, railroads, and the United States military at Guthrie.

Dates: undated