East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
INTRODUCTION
Title: James T. Dowdy, Sr. Photographs
Collection Number: Accession No. 107
Physical Description: 118 2�" x 2�" black and white negatives,
142 5�" x 8�" black and white prints, 123 black and white slides
Creator: James T. Dowdy
Repository: Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The James T. Dowdy, Sr. Photographs were given to the archives on August 5, 1981 by James T. Dowdy, Sr. University photographer Larry Smith copied 120 photographs from a larger collection of railroad photos owned by Dowdy. The collection was made available for research in August 1982.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: Marie Tedesco completed processing in 1988.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
James T. Dowdy, Sr. was born on March 19, 1914 in Roanoke, Virginia. In 1926, he moved with his family to Johnson City, Tennessee. After finishing his high school education, Dowdy went to work for a printing office in Johnson City in 1932, and for East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET&WNC) Transportation Company in 1938. In 1940, he began his 35 year career as a railroad brakeman by accepting a job with the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway. Subsequently, he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad (1942-59) and for the ET&WNC Railroad (1959-1975). He retired on August 28, 1974. As of this writing, Dowdy resides at 138 East Highland Road, Johnson City, Tennessee.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Throughout his career Dowdy collected photographs which related to railroading. Some of the photographs were taken by Dowdy, while others were obtained by trading with fellow collectors. Included are photographs of three rail lines: East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET&WNC), Linville River Railway (LRR)*, and Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (CC&O). The prints primarily are of engines, depots, roundhouses, shops, rail crews, loading and unloading freight, and trains traversing various landscapes. Places depicted included Johnson City, Elizabethton, Hampton and Roan Mountain, Tennessee and Linville, Cranberry, Boone and Elk Park, North Carolina. The span dates given (1890-1950) derived from visual examination of the prints.
Included in the collection are 118 2�" x 2�" black and white negatives, together with 142 5�" x 8�" black and white prints, and 123 black and white slides. Duplicates are included among the 142 prints and 123 slides. When accessioned in September 1981, the negatives and prints were included in the
Appalachian Photographic Archives, and thus were assigned APA numbers. The
APA numbers have been retained. Each negative has its own APA number. The print(s)
made from each negative has a corresponding APA number. Thus, for example, negative
#726 matches print #726. There may be prints of any given negative. Each negative
and print is identified on the negative envelope and on the reverse side of
each print. The negatives are numbered, listed, and identified in the inventory.
The print and slide APA numbers and identifications are the same as those of
the negatives.
*Both ET&WNC and LRR were owned by Cranberry Iron, Coal and Coke Company,
Cranberry, North Carolina.
Important subjects covered in the collection are:
American Bemberg Corporation
Boone (N.C.)
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Coal--Transportation
Cranberry Iron Mines (Cranberry, NC)
Cranberry (NC)
Doe River Gorge (Tenn.)
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad
Elk Park (NC)
Hampton (Tenn.)
Linville River Railway
Locomotives
Poplar (NC)
Railroad accidents
Railroad stations
Railroad
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Cars
Railroads--Photographs
Railroads--Repair-shops
Railroads--Tennessee--Elizabethton
Railroads--Tennessee--Johnson City
Railroads--Track
Railroads--Yards
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
DESCRIPTION OF NEGATIVES AND PRINTS
Box 1: Negatives
|
APA Number
|
Description
|
|
726
|
ET&WNC #7. |
|
727
|
ET&WNC #8 in Johnson City. |
|
728
|
ET&WNC #12 at Johnson City Roundhouse. |
|
729
|
ET&WNC Line at Elizabethton and tank. |
|
730
|
ET&WNC coming into Linville, North Carolina. |
|
731
|
ET&WNC #10 at Johnson City Depot. |
|
732
|
ET&WNC Old Railroad Shop in Johnson City. |
|
733
|
Linville River Railway, #28. |
|
734
|
ET&WNC #11 at Elizabethton. |
|
735
|
ET&WNC Old Railroad Shop in Johnson City. |
|
736
|
ET&WNC Track at the (Doe River) Gorge. |
|
737
|
Linville River Railway, #5. |
|
738
|
ET&WNC #10 in Johnson City. |
|
739
|
ET&WNC #14 on way to Alaska for use by the United States government during World War II. |
|
740
|
ET&WNC coming into Johnson City Shop. |
|
741
|
ET&WNC Johnson City Depot. |
|
742
|
ET&WNC Johnson City Depot. |
|
743
|
ET&WNC #10 on way to Alaska for use by United States government during World War II. |
|
744
|
ET&WNC Shop in Johnson City. |
|
745
|
ET&WNC Shops in Johnson City. |
|
746
|
Linville River Railway, # 9 coming into Johnson City. |
|
747
|
ET&WNC #14 at Johnson City Roundhouse. |
|
748
|
ET&WNC Flatcar. |
|
749
|
ET&WNC Section Car. |
|
750
|
ET&WNC going up State Line. |
|
751
|
ET&WNC Johnson City Yard. |
|
752
|
ET&WNC East of Hampton and West of Valley Forge. |
|
753
|
ET&WNC Small Engine used at Cranberry Mines. |
|
754
|
ET&WNC #31 near Hampton, Tennessee. |
|
755
|
ET&WNC Johnson City Yard. |
|
756
|
ET&WNC Wreck, east of shops in Johnson City. |
|
757
|
ET&WNC #3 at Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
758
|
ET&WNC wreck, east of shops in Johnson City. |
|
759
|
ET&WNC #3 at Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
760
|
ET&WNC Hampton, Tennessee. |
|
761
|
ET&WNC in the (Doe River) Gorge. |
|
762
|
ET&WNC in the (Doe River) Gorge. |
|
763
|
ET&WNC Valley Forge Trestle. |
|
764
|
ET&WNC Roan Mountain Station. |
|
765
|
ET&WNC Roan Mountain Station. |
|
766
|
ET&WNC Hampton (TN) Station. |
|
767
|
ET&WNC at Hampton, Tennessee. |
|
768
|
ET&WNC at Hampton, Tennessee. |
|
769
|
ET&WNC Elk Park, North Carolina Coal Train. |
|
770
|
ET&WNC Tracks to Elizabethton, Tennessee. |
|
771
|
ET&WNC Excursion Train to Bemberg (rayon factory, Elizabethton, Tennessee). |
|
772
|
ET&WNC Elk Park, North Carolina Station. |
|
773
|
ET&WNC Elk Park, North Carolina Station. |
|
774
|
ET&WNC Elk Park, North Carolina Station. |
|
775
|
Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
776
|
ET&WNC Lumber Train Outside of Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
777
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina Roundhouse. |
|
778
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina Station. |
|
779
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
780
|
Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
781
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina Mine. |
|
782
|
Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
783
|
ET&WNC Cranberry Station, Commissary and Post Office. |
|
784
|
Linville River Railway, #9 at Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
785
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina, Company Housing and Lumber Works. |
|
786
|
Cranberry, North Carolina Mine Open Pit, 1880s. |
|
787
|
Linville River Railway, #9 at Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
788
|
ET&WNC Cranberry Creek, North Carolina. |
|
789
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina, Company Housing and Lumber Works. |
|
790
|
ET&WNC Cranberry Inn, Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
791
|
ET&WNC (Doe River) Gorge. |
|
792
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina, Company Housing and Lumber Works. |
|
793
|
ET&WNC (Doe River) Gorge. |
|
794
|
ET&WNC Cranberry, North Carolina, Company Housing and Lumber Works. |
|
795
|
Old Charcoal Furnace, Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
796
|
ET&WNC #11 at Cranberry, North Carolina Water Tank. |
|
797
|
ET&WNC Tracks at Elizabethton. |
|
798
|
ET&WNC #207 near Milligan, Tennessee. |
|
799
|
ET&WNC #208. |
|
800
|
ET&WNC #207 in Johnson City. |
|
801
|
ET&WNC #12 at Harris Lumber Company, Sell's Crossing. |
|
802
|
ET&WNC Stock Car in Johnson City. |
|
803
|
ET&WNC#204, Standard Gauge. |
|
804
|
ET&WNC Depot in Johnson City, taken from Clinchfield Depot. |
|
805
|
ET&WNC #5 at Cranberry, North Carolina. |
|
806
|
ET&WNC in Johnson City Transferring Coal from Standard Gauge to Narrow Gauge Line. |
|
807
|
ET&WNC in Johnson City Transferring Coal from Standard Gauge to Narrow Gauge Line. |
|
808
|
ET&WNC Shops in Johnson City. |
|
809
|
ET&WNC Box Car. |
|
810
|
ET&WNC #11 Passenger Train in Johnson City. |
|
811
|
ET&WNC in Johnson City Transferring Coal from Standard Gauge to Narrow Gauge. |
|
812
|
ET&WNC First Piggyback Transfer Container, 1930s. |
|
813
|
ET&WNC Mail and Freight Car. |
|
814
|
ET&WNC Mail and Freight Car. |
|
815
|
ET&WNC Caboose. |
|
816
|
ET&WNC Interior of Passenger Car. |
|
817
|
ET&WNC Interior of Mail Car. |
|
818
|
ET&WNC Interior of Mail Car. |
|
819
|
ET&WNC Passenger Car. |
|
820
|
ET&WNC Passenger Car. |
|
821
|
ET&WNC Yard in Elizabethton, Tennessee. |
|
822
|
Wreck of Old 97 (Southern Lines) Near Danville, Virginia. |
|
823
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #500. |
|
823
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #500 (duplicate). |
|
824
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #1-2. |
|
825
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #789 LI Class. |
|
826
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #499. |
|
827
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck near Poplar, North Carolina off the Nolichucky. |
|
828
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #500. |
|
829
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #152. |
|
830
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #154. |
|
831
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, #499. |
|
832-833
|
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, #7. |
|
834
|
Sam's Railroad Engine #5 of Cass Line (West Virginia). |
|
835
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck Near Poplar (?). |
|
836
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck Near Poplar, North Carolina. |
|
837
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck at Boone, North Carolina. |
|
838
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck at Boone, North Carolina. |
|
839-841
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Wreck at Boone, North Carolina. |
|
APA numbers
|
Description
|
|
726-841
|
Identifications are the same as those given for the negatives. |
Box 3: Slides
|
APA numbers
|
Description
|
|
726-841
|
Identifications are the same as those given for the prints and negatives. |
INDEX
Alaska: APA 739, 743.
American Bemberg (Elizabethton, Tennessee): APA 771.
Boone, North Carolina: APA 837-38, 839-41
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway:
Locomotives:#102: APA 827.
#152: APA 829.
#154: APA 830.
#499: APA 826, 831.
#500: APA 823, 828.
#789: APA 825.Wrecks: APA 827, 836-841.
Cass Line, West Virginia: APA 834.
Coal Trains: APA 769, 806-807.
Coal Transfer, from standard to narrow gauge: APA 806-807.
Cranberry Inn, Cranberry, North Carolina: APA 790.
Cranberry Creek, North Carolina: APA 788.
Cranberry Mines: APA 753, 881, 786, 795.
Cranberry, North Carolina: APA 757, 759, 775-790, 792, 794-796, 805.
Danville, Virginia: APA 822.
Doe River Gorge: APA 736, 761-762, 791, 793.
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad:
Caboose: APA 815.
Flatcars: APA 748.
at Johnson City: APA 727-728, 731-732, 735, 738, 740-742, 744-745, 747, 751, 755, 800, 802.
Locomotives:# 3: APA 757, 759.
# 5: APA 805.
# 7: APA 726.
# 8: APA 727.
# 10: APA 731, 738, 743.
# 11: APA 734, 796.
# 12: APA 728, 801
#204: APA 803.
#207: APA 798, 800.
#208: APA 799.Mail Freight Cars: APA 813-814.
Mail Cars: APA 813-814, 817-818.
Passenger Cars: APA 816, 819-820.
Piggyback Transfer Container: APA 812.
Section Cars: APA 749.
Wrecks: APA 756, 758.
Yard at Johnson City: APA 751, 755.
Elizabethton, Tennessee: APA 729, 734, 770, 797, 821.
Elk Park, North Carolina: APA 769, 772-774.
Hampton, Tennessee: APA 760, 754, 763 (Valley Forge), 766, 768.
Harris Lumber Company: APA 801.
Johnson City, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Depot: APA 731, 741-742,
804, 806-808.
Johnson City Roundhouse: APA 728, 747.
Linville, North Carolina: APA 730.
Linville River Railway: APA 733, 737, 746, 784, 787.
Nolichucky River: APA 827.
Poplar, North Carolina: APA 827, 836.
Roan Mountain, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Station: APA 764-765.
Sell's Crossing (Harris Lumber Company): APA 801.
Southern Lines: APA 822.
"Tweetsie": See East Tennessee Western North Carolina Railroad.
Valley Forge (Hampton, Tennessee): APA 763.
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company: APA 832-833.
Wreck of "Old 97": APA 822.
Wrecks: APA 756, 822, 835-841.
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