The Resource Stratford Works
Stratford Works
Resource Information
The item Stratford Works represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Stratford Works represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Album of photographs and signatures of workers of the Stratford Works, presented to Sir William Birt, general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, on the occasion of his knighting, Jan. 1, 1897 in recognition of his leadership in making GER one of the most enterprising and progressive railway companies of England and of the world.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 album (16 photographic prints)
- Note
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- Photographs are mounted on rectos of heavy white paper, within ornamental frames hand-painted in watercolors, each decorated with a different type of branch and leaf, including grasses, morning glory, ivy, pine, and bamboo
- Bound in dark green pebble-grain leather, with gilt rolled border of leaves and flowers; inner panel, containing gold-stamped cover title "To Sir William Birt. January 1897," ruled in gilt, with ornamental gilt cornerpieces; ornamental gilt spine panels; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt
- Part of the Photograph Album Collection (Collection 94) in UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
- Label
- Stratford Works
- Title
- Stratford Works
- Subject
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- Photographic prints
- Photograph albums
- Locomotive works -- England | London -- Photographs
- Factories -- England | London -- Photographs
- Freight cars -- Photographs
- Railroad cars -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Passenger trains -- Photographs
- Stratford Works (Stratford, London, England) -- Photographs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Album of photographs and signatures of workers of the Stratford Works, presented to Sir William Birt, general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, on the occasion of his knighting, Jan. 1, 1897 in recognition of his leadership in making GER one of the most enterprising and progressive railway companies of England and of the world.
- Cataloging source
- CLU
- Characteristic
- graphic
- Runtime
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/not-applicable
- Summary expansion
- The album contains 16 photographs (11.4 x 14.8 cm or smaller) of Stratford Works, the locomotive-building works of the Great Eastern Railway, located in Stratford, London, England, opened in 1847-1848 by Great Eastern's predecessor, Eastern Counties Railway. Photographs include an exterior shot of the factory on the title page, and, inside, photographs of the Erecting Shop, Boiler Shop, Machine Shop, Wheel Shop, Model Motion shop, Carriage Shop, Saw Mill, Wagon Shop, Laboratory, Running Shed, a Stratford-made Passenger Train, a Goods Train, and three types of rolling stock built at the Works: locomotive, passenger car, and freight car. Interleaved throughout the leaves of photographs are 63 leaves of signatures, presumably of workers and management staff at the factory. The last three leaves are blank
- Technique
- not applicable
- Label
- Stratford Works
- Note
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- Photographs are mounted on rectos of heavy white paper, within ornamental frames hand-painted in watercolors, each decorated with a different type of branch and leaf, including grasses, morning glory, ivy, pine, and bamboo
- Bound in dark green pebble-grain leather, with gilt rolled border of leaves and flowers; inner panel, containing gold-stamped cover title "To Sir William Birt. January 1897," ruled in gilt, with ornamental gilt cornerpieces; ornamental gilt spine panels; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt
- Part of the Photograph Album Collection (Collection 94) in UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- still image
- Content type code
- sti
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 36 x 23 cm (albums)
- Extent
- 1 album (16 photographic prints)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth-covered clamshell box, with spine title "Stratford Works." Gift of Albert Boni.
- Other physical details
- albumen
- Primary support material
- paper
- Secondary support material
- paper
- Specific material designation
- photoprint
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)671657703
- ucoclc671657703
- Label
- Stratford Works
- Note
-
- Photographs are mounted on rectos of heavy white paper, within ornamental frames hand-painted in watercolors, each decorated with a different type of branch and leaf, including grasses, morning glory, ivy, pine, and bamboo
- Bound in dark green pebble-grain leather, with gilt rolled border of leaves and flowers; inner panel, containing gold-stamped cover title "To Sir William Birt. January 1897," ruled in gilt, with ornamental gilt cornerpieces; ornamental gilt spine panels; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt
- Part of the Photograph Album Collection (Collection 94) in UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- still image
- Content type code
- sti
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 36 x 23 cm (albums)
- Extent
- 1 album (16 photographic prints)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth-covered clamshell box, with spine title "Stratford Works." Gift of Albert Boni.
- Other physical details
- albumen
- Primary support material
- paper
- Secondary support material
- paper
- Specific material designation
- photoprint
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)671657703
- ucoclc671657703
Subject
- Factories -- England | London -- Photographs
- Freight cars -- Photographs
- Locomotive works -- England | London -- Photographs
- Passenger trains -- Photographs
- Photograph albums
- Photographic prints
- Railroad cars -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Stratford Works (Stratford, London, England) -- Photographs
Genre
Library Locations
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Charles E. Young Research LibraryBorrow it280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575, US34.0749691 -118.441466
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Science and Engineering LibraryBorrow it8270 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-9810, US34.068987 -118.442659
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UCLA LibraryBorrow itLos Angeles, CA, US
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UCLA Library Special CollectionsBorrow itA1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575, US34.0749691 -118.441466
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