William J. Rugen Image Collection
Date: 1845-1966; 1845
Material: gelatin silver prints; safety film Dimension:
1,177 prints, 6 boxes, 2.9 cubic feet; 1,177 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, Gb
Creator: William J. Rugen
Identifier: aql:9443 R-16
Description: William J. Rugen was an employee of the Long Island Railroad Company who pursued photography in his spare time. He traveled throughout the United States and Canada photographing trains, and trading pictures with other railroad photographers. The images in this collection include Rugen’s own photographs, and images he acquired from other photographers and collectors. Most of the photographs in this collection are of the Long Island Railroad.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N45, N166, N167(negatives); P51, P52, P54 (prints); the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives
Creator :
William J. Rugen
Date :
1845-1966; 1845
Summary/Description :
William J. Rugen was an employee of the Long Island Railroad Company who pursued photography in his spare time. He traveled throughout the United States and Canada photographing trains, and trading pictures with other railroad photographers. The images in this collection include Rugen’s own photographs, and images he acquired from other photographers and collectors. Most of the photographs in this collection are of the Long Island Railroad.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N45, N166, N167(negatives); P51, P52, P54 (prints); the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives
Subject :
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad yards; Railroad cars; Locomotives
Rights :
Copyright holder unknown
Coverage :
The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N45, N166, N167(negatives); P51, P52, P54 (prints); the digital images are available online. Long Island (N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
collection; black and white negatives; black and white prints; digital images
Format :
gelatin silver prints; safety film; 1,177 prints, 6 boxes, 2.9 cubic feet; 1,177 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, Gb
Identifier :
aql:9443 R-16
Subject:
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad yards; Railroad cars; Locomotives
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad yards; Railroad cars; Locomotives
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
