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The Classified photos series (Boxes 1-2) is the heart of Stoner's collection. Stoner created copy negatives (now the Classified negatives series) and copy prints of photos he collected, and classified them according to the name of the railroads represented. The classification number for each photo includes an abbreviation of the railroad name and a consecutive number. This finding aid includes an item listing of each of these photos, arranged alphabetically by Stoner's classification number (not by the name of the railroad). Stoner's photo log, with his notations on each item in this series, is found in Box 7, along with photocopies of the negative sleeve for each item in the parallel Classified negatives series. The photo log generally does not contain any more information about a photo than is presented in this finding aid, but the negative sleeve photocopies do include more information about locomotive manufacturers and types (information usually duplicated on the reverse of the copy print in this series). Photos in this series are indexed by railroad name and topic. See below for a description of the indexes. Unless otherwise noted the collection contains both a negative and a print for each item