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Charles Bowman fonds. - [ca1940] ? 1976.

Biographical sketch :
Charles William Robertson Bowman was a photographer. He was much interested in railways and especially steam locomotives. His photographs are found in many publications, including Train, Railway Magazine, and Railway World, as well as many books. He died suddenly in September 1974.

Custodial history :
Fonds transferred to the Association archives in 1979 by Mr. Bowman's estate.

Scope and content :
The Charles Bowman fonds deals mainly with steam locomotives around the world, but principally in England, Canada and the United States. The fonds also deals with all forms of rail transport from narrow gauge to tramways, along with miniature trains. The fonds consists mainly of black and white photographs, colour slides, correspondence, films, sound recordings, brochures, maps and a manuscript.

Physical description : 0.3 m of textual materials. About 3000 photographs: also negatives. - 2000 photographs: slides. - 13 films: super-8 home movies. - 35 sound items: sound recordings, home and commercial.

General note : Title based on the contents of the fonds. The slides are filed chronologically. The documents in the fonds are in English. There are notes describing the contents of the sound recordings. All the photographs and slides are identified.

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