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Title: Bob Lorain scrapbook
Dates: 1930s
Collection Number: MS 614
Creator/Collector:
Lorain (Bob)
Extent: 1 half box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Scrapbook of clippings and postcards relating to railroads, collected by the donor in the 1930s. Volume includes photograph
of Robert Lorain posed with a replica of Western Pacific steam locomotive No. 153. As a child, Mr. Lorain lived in Sacramento
adjacent to the Western Pacific Railroad yards. The donor's father was employed at the Southern Pacific shops for over 30
years.
Language of Material: English
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
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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.
Bob Lorain scrapbook. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of Robert Lorain, 2003
Scope and Content of Collection
Scrapbook of clippings and postcards relating to railroads, collected by the donor in the 1930s. Volume includes photograph
of Robert Lorain posed with a replica of Western Pacific steam locomotive No. 153. As a child, Mr. Lorain lived in Sacramento
adjacent to the Western Pacific Railroad yards. The donor's father was employed at the Southern Pacific shops for over 30
years.