Louis Edward Nollau Railroad Glass Negative Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Louis Edward Nollau Railroad Glass Negative Collection
- Date
- circa 1909-1917
- Extent
- 10 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Railroads -- Southern States.
- Railroads -- United States
- Railroads -- Southern States -- Pictorial works.
- Railroad stations -- Southern States.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], Louis Edward Nollau Railroad Glass Negative Collection, ca. 1909-1917, 81PA101,Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Louis Edward Nollau was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1883, and died in 1955. The son of Louis George and Lydia Mueller Nollau, little is known of his early life. He graduated from Manual Training High School, Louisville, in 1902 and in 1904 received a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the then State College of Kentucky, now the University of Kentucky. In 1908 he earned a M.E. in Engineering from the University. From 1904 to 1908 he served as an instructor and later assistant professor in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, teaching Wood Shop and Engineering Drawing. In 1908, he was appointed a full professor of Engineering Drawing. Married in 1911 to Hazel Fenton, he served as Head of the Department from 1916 to 1939.
- Though his academic work was involved primarily with teaching mechanical engineering, Nollau deserves special mention for his work in photography. He took thousands of pictures-of State College, State University and the University of Kentucky. His print collection in the University Archives and Records Program, the Louis Edward Nollau F Series Photographic Print Collection, circa 1885-1966, greatly enrich knowledge of UK's past. This voluminous collection contains Nollau's pictures, taken over the several years he served as the official University photographer. The collection contains over 13,000 of Nollau's negatives, 6,000 of them on glass, and includes campus scenes, individuals and buildings that no longer exist, plus some famous county and city buildings. There is also a sequence of images that document the construction of High Bridge, housed in the Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Photographic Collection, 1910-1911.
- Active as a speaker at many meetings of the Lexington Camera Club, he lectured on the history of photography, from the discovery of the action of light on silver compounds to the current state of the art. Retired in 1953, he was placed on Special Assignment a continued teaching until his death.
- Scope and Content
- The Louis Edward Nollau Railroad Glass Negative Collection, ca. 1909-1917 consists of 2963 4x5 commercial dry glass negatives. The collection is a through documentation of the Southern Railway system in the early years of the 20th century. Major areas of focus include: rolling stock, right of ways, the re-construction of High Bridge, inspection trips, railroad personnel, railroad stations, towers, water tanks, storerooms, and workshops.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- This collection is comprised of photographic prints created and maintained in the course of universtiy business. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
Engines, undated
Rolling Stock
Baggage car, undated
Box car, undated
Caboose, undated
Coupler, undated
Crane, undated
Dining car, undated
Hand car, undated
Side dumping car, undated
Structures
Stations and Depots
"Akron, Alabama", undated
Allen, undated
"Alpine, 8-16-16", 1916
"Annadel, 8-14-13", 1913
"Arklet, 7-9-13", 1913
"Avondale, 10-4-14"
"Babhatchie, 7-3-12"
"Bear Creek Junction, 12-22-14"
Bibbville
"Blanchet, 9-6-11, 6-22-15"
"Blocton, 8-21-15"
"Boligee, 11-14-12"
"Bowen, 10-15-15"
"Boyce, 4-23-12, 7-31-13"
"Bracht, 9-6-11, 6-5-15"
"Brannon, 9-7-11"
"Buffington, 1-25-13"
"Burgin, 9-7-11"
"Burnside, 7-15-13"
"Burstall, 7-13-15"
"Caldwell, 7-24-12"
"Cardiff, 4-25-12"
"Chattanooga, 8-10-15"
"Cincinnati Freight Depot,"
"Coalfield, 8-29-16"
"Coaling, 8-18-14"
Collbran
"Collinsville, 12-3-12"
"Corinth, 9-6-11, 6-22-15, 6-28-15"
untitled
"Coulterville, 4-24-12"
"Crescent Springs, 1-25-13"
"Crittenden, 6-5-15"
"Crudup, 12-3-12"
"Cumberland Falls, 11-30-12"
"Cyprss, 7-14-15"
"Dayton, Tennessee, 11-21-11"
"DeArmond, 8-29-16"
"Deermont, 8-12-16"
"Delaplain, 6-11-15"
"Devon, 9-6-11, 6-5-15"
"Donerail, 9-6-11, 6-1`1-15"
"Dudlet, 7-13-15"
"Elihu, 7-25-16"
"Elsmere, 6-12-25"
"Emory Gap, 12-9-12"
Epes
"Erlanger, 9-6-11, 10-10-14"
"Eubank, 8-13-13"
"Eutaw, 7-21-13"
"Evansville, 7-31-13"
"Ferguson, 6-25-12"
"Flatrock, 10-30-12"
"Fleming, 7-13-15"
"Fort Payne, Alabama, 1913"
"Geary, 8-15-16"
"Glen Alice, 4-25-12"
"Glen Mary, 7-5-13"
"Grasselli, 7-13-15"
"Graysville, 7-13-13"
"Greendale, 9-6-11"
"Greenpond, 7-13-15"
"Greenwood, 11-30-12"
"Grubbs, 1-25-13"
"Hairston, 10-24-14"
"Harriman Junction, 4-26-12, 8-29-18"
"Helenwood, 7-9-13"
"High Bridge, 12-7-09, 5-1-13"
"Highland, 7-21-16"
"Hinton, 6-11-15"
"Hixon, 4-23-12, 10-24-14"
"Holman, 7-15-15"
"Hull, Alabama, 1-15-14, 1-16-14, 8-18-14"
Indian Head. 7-25-16
"Irondale, 12-3-12"
"Isham, 10-29-15"
"Jessamine, 6-30-12"
"Junction City, 6-28-12, 7-6-15"
"Keener, 12-3-12"
"Kensington, 1-25-13, 6-5-15"
Kewanee. 7-15-15
"Kimbrell, 7-13-15"
"King's Mountain, 5-2-12"
L & N Depot
"Lancing, 7-9-13"
"Lexington Freight Station, 8-24-14"
Lexington Passenger Station
"Livingston, 8-14-14"
"Lorraine, 4-25-12"
"Ludlow, 11-8-12, 1916"
"McCalla, 7-13-15"
McClure. 7-14-15
"McConnell, 8-18-14"
"McKinney, 8-18-13"
"Mason, 6-21-15"
"Maxwell, 7-14-15"
"Melville, 11-21-11, 4-24-12"
"Moreland, 8-12-13"
"Morganville, 8-16-16"
"Moundville, 8-18-14"
"Nemo, 7-5-13"
"New England, 8-16-16"
"New River, 7-9-13"
"Nicholasville, 9-7-11, 5-28-15"
"North Dakota, 7-14-13"
"Norwood, 3-19-15"
"Oakdale, 11-22-11"
"Oneida, Tennessee, 10-31-12, 7-10-13"
"Petros, 8-29-16"
"Pine Knot, 10-31-12"
"Porterville, 12-3-12"
"Powderly, 7-13-15"
"Pulaski, 8-13-13"
"Rathburn, 11-21-11, 4-23-12"
"Retro, 4-14-12"
"Richwood, 1-25-13, 6-5-15"
"Rising Fawn, 12-2-12"
"Robbins, 8-14-13"
"Rockwood, 8-12-16"
"Roddy, 4-25-12"
"Rogers Gap, 6-9-15"
"Rugby Road, 7-15-13"
"Russell,7-15-15"
"Sadieville,9-6-11"
"Sale Creek, 4-24-12"
"Science Hill, 8-13-13"
"Sheffield, 4-29-12, 7-30-13, 7-31-13"
"Sherman, 9-6-11, 6-5-15"
"Silverville, 10-31-12"
"Sloans Valley, 7-15-13"
"Smith, 7-15-15"
"Southfork, 7-8-16"
Sterns. 10-31-12
"Steele, 7-24-12"
Stewart. 8-18-14
"Sulphur Springs, 12-2-12"
"Sunbright, 7-10-13"
"Tannehill, 7-15-13"
"Tateville, 7-15-13"
"Toomsuba, 7-15-13"
Trenton
"Trussville, 12-3-12"
"Valley Head, 12-19-14"
"Vance, 8-18-14"
"Waynesburg, 9-13-12"
"Westend,8-21-15"
"Whitley, Alabama,10-30-12, 7-24-12"
"Wildwood, 8-16-16"
"Williams, 8-15-16"
"Wilmore, 9-7-11"
"Winfield Station, circa 1913"
"Woodlawn Junction, 10-4-14"
"Woodside, 1-25-13"
"Woodstock, 8-18-14"
York
Towers
"AB Tower, 1-29-15"
AN Tower. 7-25-16
"AV Tower, 3-20-16"
"Burnside Tower, 8-15-16"
"Burnstall Tower, 7-13-15"
Cave Springs Tower. 4-23-12
"CB Tower,7-25-16"
CW Tower. 7-25-16
"Cincinnati, 3rd and Front Street Tower, 4-30-15"
Citico Junction Tower
"DA Tower, 8-28-15"
"DB Tower, 7-25-16"
"DJ Tower, 7-6-15"
DV Tower
"EG Tower, 1-29-15"
"FR Tower, 7-25-16"
"GT Tower, 7-6-15"
"JY Tower at Crossing Gates, 10-10-14"
"KD Tower, 7-25-16"
"KJ Tower, 7-5-16"
"Tower and Crossing at Leestown Pike, 1914"
"Lexington Tower, 1916"
"MO Tower, 9-26-14"
"Nicholasville Junction Tower, 9-7-11"
"NV Tower, 7-23-15"
"Pine Knot Tower, 8-12-16"
"RD Tower, 8-12-16"
"RG Tower, 8-12-16"
"RO Tower, 7-25-16"
"SJ Tower, 4-30-15"
"US Tower, 7-25-16"
"WF Tower, 1913, 10-29-15"
"WJ Tower, 7-25-16"
"WO Tower, 7-25-16"
WS Tower
"YA Tower, 7-25-16"
Unidentified towers
Coal Chutes
"Akron, Alabama, 6-9-14"
"Attalla, Alabama, 8-17-14"
"Birmingham, Alabama, 10-23-14"
"Chattanooga, 3-31-14"
"Danville, 8-10-14"
"Ludlow, 6-14-13"
"Oakdale, 7-5-13"
"Stearns, 1912, 10-29-15"
"Williamstown, 7-2-12"
"York, 10-24-14"
Unidentified coal chutes
"Akron, Alabama, 2-10-17"
"Bessemer, 2-10-17"
"Birmingham, A.G.S. 124, 11-3-16"
"CNO & TP, 11-12-12"
"Collinsville, 10-11-16"
"Evensville, Tennessee,-2-9-17"
"Ft. Payne, 12-2-16"
"Harriman, 8-29-16"
"Johnson, 7-13-15"
"Ludlow, 7-11-14"
"Oakdale, 10-25-16"
"Petros, 8-29-16"
Mile 146. 3-26-14
Unidentified water tanks; water towers
"Gadsden car works, 9-19-16"
"Lexington water tower, 9-19-16"
Yard Houses
"Engine house, Chattanooga, 3-31-15"
"Engine house, Ludlow, 8-1-14"
"Engine house, Oakdale, 8-12-16"
"Gadsden car works, 7-11-11"
"Oil house and boiler room, Birmingham"
"Oil house, Danville, 8-10-14"
"Oil house, Ludlow, 7-11-15"
"Pump house, Akron, Alabama, 2-10-17"
"Pump house, Evensville, Tennessee, 2-9-17"
"Pump house, Williamstown, 9-6-11"
"Woodstock, 7-14-16"
"Pump house, A.G.S. 88.6, 8-19-16"
"Pump house, Mile 146. 3-26-14"
Round houses
"Scale house, Bessemer, 2-10-17"
"Shop, Birmingham,-8-16-14"
"Coach shop, Birmingham, 8-16-14"
"Erecting shop, Birmingham, 8-16-14"
"Machine Shop, Birmingham, 8-16-14"
"Office and Store room, Birmingham, 8-16-14"
"Store house, Ludlow, 10-19-15"
"Store house, Oakdale"
"Store room, Birmingham, 1-28-16"
"Store room, Ferguson, 8-27-14"
"Supt. Term. Office, Chattanooga, 3-31-14"
Shops
"Paint Shop, Birmingham, 8-16-14"
"Shops, Danville, 8-10-14"
"Shops, Gadsden Office, 12-1-15, 1-29-16"
"Shops, unidentified"
Yard Offices
Fences
General Structures
"Coal of ore loading facility, Akron, Ohio, 6-9-14"
"Gadsden, 7-11-11"
Training area structure
Unidentified buildings
Models
Stairs on side of cliff
Bridges
"Mile 286.6-323.0, 1911-1915"
"Gest Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 4-6-12, 7-10-15"
"Structure over Paris Pike at Georgetown, KY"
Green River Bridge
"High Line over D & D, 4-30-15"
Jessamine Ciunty Line Bridge
"McCallie Avenue Bridge, 7-12-11"
Mercer County Line Bridge
"Ohio River Channel Span, Cincinnati, 4-15-12"
Bridge over Ohio River
"Ohio River, South Span, 7-8-11"
"Phillips Creeks Bridge,11-18-17"
Roane County Line Bridge
"Rock Creek Bridge, 11-17-17"
"South Fork Bridge, Burnside, KY 3-25-14"
"Tennessee River Bridge,7-19-17"
"Tombigee River Bridge, 11-8-11, 11-14-12"
"Warrior River Bridge, 6=9=14"
"Tunnel 8.4, 6-12-15"
"Tunnel 13, 11-17-17"
"Tunnel 14, 11-17-17"
"Tunnel 17, 11-17-17"
"Tunnel 18, 11-17-17"
"Tunnel 19, 11-17-17"
"Tunnel 20, 11-17-17"
Tunnel 21. 11-17-17
Tunnel on Wauhatchie extension
Underpass and Overpass
"Underpass, unidentified"
126.3. 5-7-15
"155.1 A.G.S., 2-10-17"
"Underpass, unidentified, 1914"
"First Cross over N.G. & St. Louis, 2-22-16"
"Second cross over N.G. & St Louis, 2-22-16"
"Underpass, unidentified"
"Overpass 54.0, 3026-12, 6-11-15"
"66.9, 3-16-12"
"68.4, 3-16-12"
"75.8, 3-16-12"
"82.5, 6-25-15"
"82.7, 6-30-12"
"85.7, 6-30-12"
"85.8, 6-17-15"
"86.8, 7-23-15"
Overpass and Culvert
"Overpass, 91.7, 5-28-15"
"92.9, 6-30-12, 5-28-15"
202.3 A.G.S. 7-14-15
"279.8, 9-21-11, 5-6-15"
"Overpass near Ludlow, 9-6-11"
"West side, near Wauhatchie, 2-12-16"
"Overpass, unidentified"
"Culvert, 127.5, 5-7-15"
"250.8 A.G.S., 8-25-15"
"251.6 A.G.S., 8-25-15"
"257.9 A.G.S., 8-25-15"
"273.0, 5-6-15"
"Culvert, unidentified"
Right of Way
General
"0.1 Lud, 1911"
Mile 265.3 to mile 310
"Elm Street, Ludlow"
Unidentified right of ways
"Batelle, Alabama"
Nicholls Spur
Unidentified right of ways
Crooked Fork Spur
"Passing track, Keener"
"Mile 222.2, 1917"
C & O Junction
Unidentified right of ways
Yards
"Birmingham, 8-23-13"
"Colliinsville, Teneessee, 10-11-16"
"Evensville, Tennessee, 2-9-17"
"York, Alabama, 11-14-12"
Grade Eliminations
Cuts
"Cut on first mile to be ditched, 5-25-14"
"First cut north of Science Hill, 1914-1915"
"Cuts, unidentified"
Switches
Signals
1912
1913
1916
Events
Floods
Accidents
Inspection Trips
"Inspection Trips, C.N.O. and T.P. and Mile markers, 1914"
Machinery
Safety Devices
"Morton Shaper, Chattanooga, 2-14-13"
"Railing engine room, Ferguson. 3-6-13"
"Wood shaper, Ferguson, 3-6-13"
"Hand rail on coal chute, Akron, Alabama, 6-9-14"
"Bolt machine, Birmingham shops, 6-8-14"
"Circular saw, Birmingham shops, 6-8-14"
"Drill, Birmingham shops, 6-8-14"
"Flue welder, Birmingham shops, 6-8-14"
"Lathe, 6-8-14"
"Railing around cinder pot, Birmingham shops, 6-9-14"
"Slotter, 2-26-14"
"Transfer table, Birmingham shops, 6-8-14"
"Safety devices, unidentified. 6-8-14"
"Drill press, Oakdale, 1-18-13"
"Safety devices, unidentified, 1915"
General
"Lathe, Ferguson, 3-6-13"
"Switch box, Ferguson, 1917"
"Rail curving machine, 1917"
"Spreader, 7-6-14"
"Machinery, unidentified"
Crane
"Machinery, unidentified"
General
Agriculture
"Farm scene with McCormick Reaper, c 1912"
Packing berries
"Strawberry field, Dayton, Tennessee, 5-17-12"
Tobacco barn
Animal
Architecture, Mr. C
Architecture
Jo Dicker residence
"Station, Dry Ridge, 7-6-14"
Leestown crossing
View of downtown
Maxwell Place
Monument
Patterson Mausoleum
"Rhea Springs Motel, 1912"
Garage
"Station, Somerset"
"Tenant house, W.D. Nicholls"
Industry
"Automobile garage, 1917"
"C.S. Property, Lexington, 6-8-13"
"C.S. Property, Indian Refining Company, Lexington, 3-8-13"
"Continental Fibre Company, Leestown Pike"
Furnace. c. 1912
"Furnace, c.1913"
Hemp field
"Kiln, Spring City, Tennessee, 1912"
"Stores on W. Main Street, Lexington, KY"
"Spoke factory, Spring City, Tennessee, 1912"
"Industry, unidentified"
Interiors and Landscape
Chuch interior
Grocery Store interior
Office interior
Southern Express interior
Clouds
Townscape
Ferry near High Bridge
Landscapes
Operations
"Operations, train orders"
Reservoir
"Kings Mountain Reservoir, 7-6-14"
Safety medals
Shipping
Horse and carriage
Steamboat Nugent
Documents
Geographical
"Dolans Dump, 11-20-14"
Lookout Mountain
Exhibits
Portraits
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