From the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies

Category: Transportation

A Total Trainwreck: Witnessing the Destruction at Manassas

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

A watercolor painting by Robert Knox Sneden depicting two burning trains at Manassas Junction, Virginia.

Robert Knox Sneden (1832-1918), “The Destruction of the Union Supply Trains at Manassas Junction, Virginia, by Jackson and Stuart’s Cavalry C.S.A., August 28, 1862,” c. 1875. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 479.

Architecture Transportation

A Metro Mecca: Pennsylvania Railroad’s Union Station

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

A colored lithograph depicting Union Station in Washington, DC in 1906, with pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in the foreground.

“The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Union Station, Washington, D.C.,” published by John A. Lowell Bank Co., Boston, 1906. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 252.