Pacific Coast Travel Journal, Jul. - Aug. 1909

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Pacific Coast travel journal
Dates:
Jul. - Aug. 1909
Abstract:
This album documents 1909 train trip from the Midwest to California.
Extent:
1 album Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pacific Coast Travel Journal, MS 770, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This album includes personal photographs of an unidentified woman on her train trip from the Midwest to California taken in July and August of 1909. The trip began in Chicago on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and continued through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada. Other railroads include the Yosemite Valley Railroad and the Southern Pacific. Includes photographs of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Mariposa Grove.

Acquisition information:
Gift of W. Marcus
Arrangement:

Single item

Physical location:
Big Four Building
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 2025-04-02 17:36:32 +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 Librarian. 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], Pacific Coast Travel Journal, MS 770, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073