Railroad Manuscript Collection

1889-1965

Descriptive Summary

Title: Railroad Manuscript Collection

Dates: 1889-1965

Collection Number: GC 1096

Creator/Collector:

Extent: (Boxes: 9 legal; 1 letter; 1 postcard; 1 ov; 1 ov folder)

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Abstract: Publications, clippings, brochures, transfer tickets and other ephemera. Dated items begin at 1889. Includes street railways. Primarily for Los Angeles County, but also includes San Francisco and Oakland, other U.S. railroad lines, and some foreign.

Language of Material: English

Access

Research is by appointment only

Publication Rights

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred Citation

Railroad Manuscript Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and Content of Collection

Publications, clippings, brochures, transfer tickets and other ephemera. Dated items begin at 1889. Includes street railways. Primarily for Los Angeles County, but also includes San Francisco and Oakland, other U.S. railroad lines, and some foreign. Noteworthy are Angels Flight cable car coupons, car blueprints for the Los Angeles Railway Company and C.P. Huntington model, and a way-bill for the Los Angeles Cable Railway Company dated 1889. See also: Timetable Collection, GC 1024.