Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism

Research Links: Photographs

Henry Villard Business Papers: Stereographs and Photographs
  • Portrait of Robert Pfeil and Alex. E. Abend, civil engineers, January 31, 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork359834
  • F. Jay Haynes. Indian Council at Last Spike, 1883. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork359148
  • F. Jay Haynes. Villard Arch, Fargo, 1883. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork359135
  • F. Jay Haynes. Waiting for the ferry, Mississippi River, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360814
  • F. Jay Haynes. Trestle Bridge, 115 ft. high, Dalles, St. Louis, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360959
  • F. Jay Haynes. Turban Rock, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360978
  • F. Jay Haynes. Antelope Butte, Little Missouri River, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360979
  • F. Jay Haynes. Great Fall from below, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360997
  • F. Jay Haynes. Indian Wigwam or Tepe, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork360999
  • F. Jay Haynes. Gattling gun batttery, Fort Lincoln, ca. 1880. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361387
  • F. Jay Haynes. E.P. Wells Residence, Jamestown, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361378
  • F. Jay Haynes. Tower Falls and Canyon. Yellowstone National Park, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361376
  • F. Jay Haynes. Sulphur Mountain and Valley. Yellowstone National Park, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361367
  • F. Jay Haynes. Tourist camping ground, Upper Basin, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361364
  • F. Jay Haynes. Looking west from Geyser Hill, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361362
  • F. Jay Haynes. Upper Geyser Basin, looking North. Yellowstone National Park, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361345
  • F. Jay Haynes. Gibbon Falls, Gibbon River, ca. 1882. Yellowstone National Park, ca. 1882. Henry Villard Business Papers, Baker Library Historical Collections. olvwork361037
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The Henry Villard Business Papers include 111 stereographs and photographs taken by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway. Haynes' images were intended to promote the region and encourage further settlement. He recorded railroad construction and operations, towns, farms, mining villages, and Native American settlements along the lines. The images also depict the natural scenery of the land.

 

Henry Villard Photograph Album, 1883
  • German financier Dr. Georg Siemens, ca. 1883. Henry Villard Photograph Album, Baker Library Historical Collections.
  • German financier Hermann Marcuse, ca. 1883. Henry Villard Photograph Album, Baker Library Historical Collections.
  • German financier Otto Puls, ca. 1883. Henry Villard Photograph Album, Baker Library Historical Collections.
  • Photograph of album commemorating German investments’ role in completing the Northern Pacific Railway. Henry Villard Photograph Album, Baker Library Historical Collections.

This elaborate photograph album contains 35 black-and-white silver gelatin portrait prints of prominent German financiers who financially supported the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. It was presented to Henry Villard by the German delegation attending the celebration commemorating the completion of the railroad in 1883. The album was a commemorative gift that celebrated the event and memorialized German foreign investment in American enterprise.

 

General File Photograph Collection, Series XVII:724
  • First of the Northern Transcontinentals. General File Photograph Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections.
  • St. Louis and San Franciso Railroad. General File Photograph Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

The General File Photograph Collection includes photographs and other materials relating to various railroads, including: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Boston and Maine Railroad’s 4000 Series Fast Freight Locomotives; Canadian Pacific Railway; Central Railroad of New Jersey; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; New York Central Railroad; Erie Railroad; Mohawk and Hudson Railroad; and Northern Pacific Railway.