Archives: Glover Machine Works Glass Plate Negative Collection

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J. Wilder Glover, President of the Glover Machine Works, knew the power of photography when it came to selling Glover steam locomotives. Photographs of the Glover engines were used for post cards, catalog inserts, and advertising materials. From 1902 until the early 1930s, Mr. Glover took photographs of every engine manufactured at the Marietta, Georgia plant. Using a 6.5” x 8.5” large format camera, Wilder took images of the engines during all stages of the assembly process. The most significant picture, however, was taken as each engine was brought out of the assembly shop and prepared for shipment. Many of these photographs contain workers or members of the Glover family.

The Glover Photograph Collection, which is comprised of over 800 glass plate negatives and thousands of photographs, contains images of Glover family gatherings, Glover engines at work in various settings, non-railroad related equipment manufactured at the Glover Machine Works, and photographs of workers and machinery in the interior of the Glover plant.

Restoring the glass plate negatives was made possible by a grant from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Office of Secretary of State.

Legend:
LSV = Left Side View
RSV = Right Side View
LSV 3/4 = Left Side 3/4 View
RSV 3/4 = Right Side 3/4 View
LR = Left Rear
RR = Right Rear
LR 3/4 = Left Rear _
LF 3/4 = Left Front 3/4 View
RR 3/4 = Right Rear 3/4
RF 3/4 = Right Front 3/4 View

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Preview	Plate #	RR/Company Name	Date	Builder #	Gauge	Type	View
	31	1420 Interstate Lumber Co. with ca. 1910 automobile, driver and child, two employees	1908	14202	Standard	4-6-0	LR 3/4
	95 - 96	10 x 12 Skidder Columbus					Front
	106	Interstate Lumber Co.				4-6-0	LSV
	147	Switch Engine				4-6-0	LSV
	167	E.P. Burton #6 Print	1914	12165	Standard	2-6-0	LSV
	218	Graves Lumber Co. #1	1911	12165	Standard	2-6-0	LSV
	267	Mud Washer - Chattahoochee Brick					LR 3/4
	360	R. C. Avent #4	1906	81411	Standard	0-6-4	RSV
	402	Interstate Lumber Co. #1 with Glover Family and Dog	1908	14202	Standard	4-6-0	RSV
	429	Cherokee Brick Co.				0-4-0	RSV
	630	U.S. Navy (U.S.N.Y.P.S.) #4	1918	14221	Standard	0-4-0	LSV
	733 A	Cherokee Brick Co. #7 with Shop Crew	1920	131810	Standard	0-6-0	LSV
	766	Kunhardt #1	1920	131815	42"	0-6-0	LSV
	791	San Domingo #4	1919	13188	42"	2-6-2	Front