Railroad Manuscript Collection, 1889-1965

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Summary

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

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

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

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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