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Karl Zimmermann

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Print acquisitions

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Stan Kistler

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Physical collections

The Center currently cares for nearly 700,000 archival railroading images in its physical archives, including black-and-white film, color slides, glass plate negatives, and more. See the grid below for details about specific collections.

Digital collections

Many of images from the Center’s physical holdings have been digitized, with a selection made available online through our (external) digital collections portal. The collection pages from grid below include links to specific photographers’ work.

Wallace W. Abbey

  • 1930s–1980s
  • Canada, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives, color slides
  • 31,000+ images

John F. Bjorklund

  • 1950s–2000s
  • Canada, United States
  • Color slides
  • 55,000+ images

Katherine Botkin

  • 1970s-2010s
  • Argentina, China, Romania, South Africa, Syria, Ukraine, United States
  • Color slides
  • 7,800 images

William Botkin

  • 1960s–2010s
  • Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  • Black-and-white negatives, color slides, moving image film
  • 55,000+ images

Keith Bryant

Coming in fall 2026

Kenneth Burbach

  • 1960s-1990s
  • United States
  • Color slides
  • 2,000 images

Shirley Burman

  • 1970s-1990s
  • United States
  • Color slides

Donald W. Furler

  • 1930s-1950s
  • Canada, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives and color slides
  • 6,000+ images

Tom Gildersleeve

Coming in fall 2026

Gordon Glattenberg

Coming in fall 2026

John Gruber

  • 1940s-2010s
  • Canada, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives, color slides, and prints
  • 100,000+ images

Robert A. Hadley

  • 1930s-2000s
  • Canada, United Kingdom, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • 6,618 images

Victor Hand

  • 1950s-2000s
  • Worldwide
  • Black-and-white and color negatives
  • 46,000 images

Ronald C. Hill

  • 1950s-2010s
  • United States, Canada, Europe
  • Color slides, black-and-white negatives
  • 27,000 images

John C. Illman

  • 1946–1993
  • Western United States and western Canada
  • Black-and-white negatives and prints
  • 4,000 images

Perry Frank Johnson

  • 1946–late 1950s
  • United States: Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
  • Black-and-white contact prints
  • Thousands of images

Kalmbach Media

  • circa 1943-2015
  • United States
  • Ink drawings, watercolor and acrylic paintings
  • 58 images

Leo King

  • 1940s–1990s
  • United States: Alaska, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
  • Black-and-white negatives and color transparencies
  • 6,000+ images

Stan Kistler

  • 1910s–2000s
  • Canada, United States, Mexico
  • Black-and-white negatives and color transparencies
  • 12,000 images

J. Parker Lamb

  • 1940s–2000s
  • Canada, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives, color slides
  • 4,000 images

Jay Lentzner

Coming in fall 2026

Hal Lewis

  • 1940s-2000s
  • Canada, Mexico, United States
  • Black-and-white negatives and color slides
  • 500 images

David T. Mainey

  • 1950s-1990s
  • United States: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states
  • Black-and-white negatives and color slides
  • 18,000 images

Jim McClellan

Coming in fall 2026

Thomas F. McIlwraith

  • 1960s-2000s
  • United States and Canada
  • Color slides
  • 848 images

Glenn A. Oestreich

  • 1970s to 1990s
  • United States: Upper Midwest and especially Wisconsin
  • Black-and-white prints and negatives and color slides
  • 4,000+ images

Henry Posner III

  • 1970s–2000s
  • Worldwide
  • Black-and-white negatives and color slides
  • 30,000 images

Print Acquisitions

  • circa 1886-1993
  • Worldwide
  • Etchings, lithographs, wood block prints, and photographs
  • 50 images

Ted Rose

  • 1950s-1960s
  • United States, Canada, and Mexico
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • 4,400 images

Jim Shaughnessy

  • 1880s–1990s
  • United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe
  • Black-and-white negatives, color slides, glass plate negatives
  • 60,000+ images

Small collections

Coming in fall 2026

Fred M. Springer

  • 1940s-2000s
  • Worldwide
  • Black-and-white negatives and color slides
  • 58,000 images

Richard Steinheimer

  • 1940s-2000s
  • United States, Europe
  • Black-and-white negatives and prints, and color slides
  • 38,500 images

Robert A. Witbeck

  • 1940s-1950s
  • United States
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • 1,000 images

Women and the American Railroad

  • 1970s-1990s
  • United States
  • Color slides

Karl Zimmermann

  • 1950s-1990s
  • Africa, Europe, North America, South America
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • 17,000+ images