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Ploskonka, Jeffrey Harris, Robert Riley Railroad Cumberland Valley Railroad Company National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH) National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Office of Protective Services Pioneer Hall of Rail Transportation

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Historic Images of the SmithsonianFeatured in TORCH, July 1982In National Museum of American History's Railroad Hall, Robert "Railroad" Harris of the Guard Force stands beside a train engine that has the name "Pioneer" on one of its wheels. An early passenger locomotive, the "Pioneer," was built in 1851 for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company of central Pennsylvania.Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: July 1982Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black And White; Size: 10w X 8h; Type Of Image: Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic Print
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
  3. Employees
  4. Engines
  5. Guard Force
  6. Hall Of Rail Transportation
  7. Harris, Robert Riley Railroad
  8. Locomotives
  9. National Museum Of American History (U.S.) (Nmah)
  10. National Museum Of History And Technology (U.S.)
  11. Office Of Protective Services
  12. Personnel Management
  13. Pioneer
  14. Ploskonka, Jeffrey
  15. Police Force
  16. Railroads
  17. Security
  18. Smithsonian Institution
  19. Trains
  20. Transportation
  21. Watchmen

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