| This collection contains photographs relating to industry and the industrial revolution. Images of transportation, are an integral part of the industrial era. and include the development of canals, railroads, bridges, as well as vehicles- bicycles, airplanes, balloons, cars, dirigibles etc. Many 19th century and early twentieth industries are detail in depth. Albums are an important part of this collection as they were produced by companies to show their "modern" methods of production. They document in detail a particular industry. Among our favorites are a French album from Grasse documenting the production of perfume. Southeast albums documenting the turpentine industry. Japanese albums documenting silk production. and albums of glass manufacture. |
 Two Men Walking on the Cables of the Brooklyn Bridge 1883 |
| The most important photograph in this collection is an 1845 daguerreotype of an inventor in his miniature steam paddle boat on a lake. Other rare images are a series of half plate ambrotypes taken in 1859 in Macon Georgia of the Shofield Iron Works. The images document the internal factory and its workers. | |
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