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1. circa 1925

   A scrapbook of images of Roanoke area businesses on postcards, circa 1925.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Radford,Virginia 1897, Norfolk and Western Railway yards

   1967.1.13

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 1895 N&W Claims Department - A photo of the Claims Department of the Norfolk & Western Railroad taken on 4/14/1895. All 15 men signed a signature list (1990.69.1178b) separate from the picture.

   1990.69.1178a

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 3 Men Working in an Office - Three men, two seated and one standing. Man seated in the middle front is wearing a white shirt with a patterned tie, and a watch and ring. Man seated in middle front is also resting his hand on an open book while writing something down. The man sitting in the back left is wearing a white shirt with a vest and plain tie. The man in the back left is also wearing glasses and looking down at something. The man standing in the back right is wearing a striped shirt, a vest, a patterned tie, and glasses. The man in the back right is also looking down at something. The door in the front right says 'SUPERINTENDENT MEDICAL DIRECTOR' on it. Norfolk and Western Railway calendar in the back of the photo is from January 1946.

   2024.13.12.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Aerial View of the Norfolk and Western Railways Executive Shops - Silver gelatin print of an aerial view of the Norfolk and Western Railway's East End Shops. Passenger station and NW Office complex are just outside the frame and would be in the lower left. Gainsboro neighborhood is at the left edge of the image.

   2021.07

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. A Story of Unselfishness & Accompanying Letter - February 16, 1925

   A - Letter to Miss Mildred Elder, superintendent at Roanoke Hospital from Holcombe Parkes, editor of the Norfolk and Western Magazine, published by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. The letter discusses a story and photograph concerning the Roanoke Hospital to be used in the March 1925 issue of the N&W magazine. B - Four pages of a story alluded to in the above letter. Story is titled 'A Story of Unselfishness: Aitchpe [sic] Gets an Opp...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad Locomotive - Black and white photograph of locomotive No. 57 with a hopper car labeled A.M. & O.R.R., which stands for the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad, linking Norfolk to Bristol through Suffolk, Petersburg, Lynchburg, and Salem. Locomotive has an exaggerated cow catcher along the front, number 57 plate at the center front below a large light and smoke stack. Two men stand at the window of the cab - one on the inside and one on the exterior. The hopper car, No. 37, is filled wil coal or some other dark material. Handpainted on the side of the hopper car is AM & O RR. The O looks more like an S. A wood sideboard house with a brick chimney sits in the direct background, followed by several other houses to the l eft. A wooden slatted fence is situated at the right edge of the image enlosing the backyard of the house in the immediate background. The AM&O was a precurser to Norfolk & Western, based out of Roanoke in 1882.

   2025.03.3

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Blair Cook in an office - The photo depicts a seated man handing a bussiness document to Blair Cook (standing). Behind the desk there is an office door that has the inscription "private" on it. There are also piles of papers next to one of the men as well as a telephone as well as an ink jar and a stamp. There is also packaged papers in front of the desk. behind the men there is a colonial flag.

   2024.13.11.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Bookends made from Railroad Spikes - Pair of iron bookends made with welded railroad spikes. Rubber pads on bottom for support and preventing movement. 19th/20th-century American. Made in the Norfolk and Western Railway Shops in Roanoke, Virginia.

   1993.019.003

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Booklet - May 1963

    Booklet titled "The Norfolk and Western and The Confederacy" written by Ben Dulaney in May 1963.

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. Booklet - May 1963

    A booklet titled "The Norfolk and Western and The Confederacy, Predecessors Of The N&W Rails In The Civil War," written by Ben Dulaney in May 1963.

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Brass Base for Oil Lamp - Base for an oil lamp made entirely of brass. 20th-century, American.

    1993.019.004

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Brass Candle Holders made at the N&W Railway Shops - Pair of brass candle holders made at the Norfolk and Western Railway shops in Roanoke, Virginia. 20th century, American. The plain base is six-sided; the stem is decorated with a center band and multiple rings.

    1993.019.001.b

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Center in the Square opening - Norfolk & Western train arriving in Roanoke, Virginia bringing guests for the opening of Center in the Square in December 1983. The band is from Patrick Henry High School.

    1990.69.792

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Commemorative Plate for the 75-year-jubilee of Roanoke, Virginia - Commemorative plate celebrating the 75-year jubilee of Roanoke, Virginia. 1957, American. The plate is white with black transfer prints. The middle of the plate has a picture of a steam locomotive on a track with people standing around it and mountains in the background. The following is printed in a circle around the image of the locomotive: "THE ROANOKE DIAMOND JUBILEE, 1882 1957, 75 Years of Progress." Along the outer rim of the plate are drawings featuring the following: "Street Scene 1882, Dogmouth Fountain, Early Street Scene, Hotel Roanoke, Mill Mountain and Star, First Theatre and Court House, First Street Car, First N & W Office Building, General Offices of Norfolk & Western, City Market, The Court House 1957, Vigilant Fire Station, and Big Lick's First Hotel."

    1988.134.01

    Record Type: Object

    
16. David Flickwir voted to N&W Board of Directors - March 1916

    Four clippings attached to a white watermarked piece of paper concerning the Norfolk & Western Railroad board of directors and the acceptance of David Flickwir on to the board. A small second clipping discusses Mr. Flickwir's association with the viaduct on the Lackawanna line between Buffalo and New York near Nicholson, Pennsylvania. In this article Flickwir is the vice president and director of the First National Bank. The final clippi...

    Record Type: Archive

    
17. Deconstruction of the Roanoke Locomotive Shops East End Powerhouse - c. 2013

    DVD of the Roanoke Locomotive Shop powerhouse removal. Timelapse video with piano background music in color and black and white of the deconstruction/destruction of Norfolk Southern's East End powerhouse at the Roanoke Locomotive Shops.

    Record Type: Archive

    
18. Description of Services and Personnel for Raymond Loewy Associates - 1951

    Spiral bound notebook of the Description of Services and Personnel for Raymond Loewy Associates. Notebook contains the following tabbed sections: Facilities, Performance, Clients Served, Product Design, Transportation, Packaging, Graphics, Planning, and Military Projects. Cover is stamped with oval insiginia of U.S. District Court of Michigan, and initialed by CJG on 11/8/1951

    Record Type: Archive

    
19. Development of Roanoke and its vicinity. - March 30, 1911

    "Development of Roanoke and its Vicinity" by Mr. Albert Phenis, General Staff Correspondent for the Manufacturers Record of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Record Type: Archive

    
20. Downtown Roanoke - A cabinet card with a sepia photograph of the old NW office buildings. Awnings cover all of hte doors and windows facing the dirt road of N. Jefferson St. The building behind the NW offices is Hotel Felix. The photograph is mounted to a tan card.

    1977.35.32

    Record Type: Photo