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Re: (erielack) RE: "F.P.Bunnell & Son"

Concerning the 'Texas' photos ... (I'm in the office at the moment and do
not have access to references) ... that would be the Everett DeGolier
collection at Southern Methodist University in Dallas ... he acquired the
company photos (and lots of other ephemera) from the Baldwin Works ... they
are all cataloged and stored in a special collection area ... I was a
student there in the early 70s ... recall reviewing the shop order books for
the steam locos (builder's info, dimensions, customer info, builder's
number/loco number, costs, etc.) while researching PRR 2-6-0 (class F-1 thru
F-3) production.  They do provide copies of the builder's photos which can
be ordered from a catalog ... can also do research in the collection, for a
price.

(now we'll see how good my memory is:)

Everett DeGolier's father was a wealthy oil guy and the son became a rail
fan and photographer with deep pockets ... I have one of his books ('Tracks
Going Back'), a collection of his photos ... I'm not sure if he is still
alive, but he donated part of his collection to SMU with money to build
space and provide maintenance.

Bob Leeper

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From: "Dlw1el2_@_aol.com" <Dlw1el2@aol.com>
To: "rtubbs_@_marion.net" <rtubbs@marion.net>; erielack@internexus.net
<"erielack_@_internexus.net">
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) RE: "F.P.Bunnell & Son"


>In a message dated 3/1/99 5:57:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
"rtubbs_@_marion.net"
>writes:
>  (snip)
I had heard of
>the De Gallard collection at one of the Universities in Texas as having a
lot
>of Lackawanna glass plates years ago, but never confirmed that.
>
>My personal opinion is that Tom Tabor 2nd had access to the collection, and
>many were used in the books produced by his son Tom Tabor 3rd.  Everything
>from that project SHOULD  be out at the PA Railroad museum in  Strassburg
PA.
>Like so many museums trying to get at the material is literally a struggle
in
>patience, and perseverance. Its not suited for anyone with ANY time
>constraints, let alone the cost involved, if you want to get a copy of
>something.  I wound up just getting some Xerox's when I visited there years
>ago.  The whole family could have stayed an extra night on our vacation for
>what it would have cost me to make 6 to 10  prints.
>
>Bob
>
>
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