Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Subseries Level 3
Title
Cabooses (Railroads)
Date(s)
- 1976-1996 (Creation)
Extent
43 photographs
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Bergson is a Canadian railroad worker and photographer who spent his career with the Canadian National Railway primarily in the Pacific Northwest.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Still photographs of railroad cabooses, manned North American railroad cars coupled at the end of a freight train.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information on
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership of Burlington Northern Railroad Company items resides with Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by George Bergson to the Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)