Railroad Passenger Cars

Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0063-003-014-001-004

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Railroad Passenger Cars

Date(s)

  • undated (Creation)

Extent

7 photographs

Name of creator

(1887-1951)

Biographical history

James A. Turner was a streetcar conductor in the Ballard and Fremont neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington and often photographed people and sites along his routes and railroad subjects in the Seattle area. James Turner married Kathryn Raymond on September 3, 1927.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

Still photographs of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can is also applied to sleeping cars, baggage, dining, business cars and railway post office cars.

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

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

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Ownership of Great Northern Railway subjects in the Walter W. Ainsworth Collection resides in the the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive unless otherwise noted.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Walter W. Ainsworth. Accrual W2013-44 received October 15, 2013.

Description control element

Rules or conventions

Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

Access points

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