Carter Brothers Documents, 1887-1888

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Summary

Title:
Carter Brothers documents
Dates:
1887-1888
Abstract:
Carter Brothers receipts.
Extent:
.333 Linear Feet 1 folder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carter Brothers Documents, MS 197, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

An invoice to F. Korbel and Brothers, Arcata and Mad River Railroad, for the purchase of ten flat cars built by Carter Brothers, May 2, 1887. There are also photocopies of other invoices to F. Korbel and Bros., 1887-1888.

Biographical / historical:

Carter Brothers manufactured railroad cars in northern California during the late 19th century. The firm was founded in 1872 by two Irish carriage-makers who moved to California during the American Civil War. Their cars built more than a century earlier were used into the 21st century on the San Francisco cable car system and the White Pass and Yukon Route.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Graham Hardy
Processing information:

Formerly MS 100; MS 1.108

For additional Carter Bros. original records, view Port Blakely Mill Company Records, 1876-1998 at the University of Washington, Seattle, Special Collections, Allen Library. Included in the collection are records related to the ordering of two standard gauge combines, for which there are builder's bids, correspondence, sample photographs.

Arrangement:

1 item, 2 photocopies

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collections Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-09 18:24:11 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carter Brothers Documents, MS 197, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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