Luis M. Estrada membership cards and pins, 1923, 1962

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Creators:: Estrada, Luis M., 1894-1980
Abstract:: Contains membership cards and pins pertaining to Luis M. Estrada, a Southern Pacific Railroad Maintenance of Way employee.
Extent:: .2 Linear Feet (2 file folders)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Luis M. Estrada Membership Cards and Pins, MS 871, California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives, Sacramento, California.

Scope and content:: Membership cards and pins issued to Luis M. Estrada from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, dated 1923 and 1962.
Biographical / historical:: Luis Moncada Estrada (1894-1980) was born in Mexico and moved to the United States where he worked as a railroad track worker for the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1913-1947, he worked from Colton to Indio along the San Gorgonio Pass. Estrada and his wife, Emeteria Lira, lived in Colton's section housing, where they raised 10 children. In 1931, the family moved to Beaumont, California. By the end of his career, Estrada had become a section foreman (crew leader). He was also a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. After his death, Estrada would eventually be honored by the city of Beaumont by having a road named after him. In 2005, the California State Railroad Museum celebrated Luis Estrada by creating a life-size figure of him driving a spike on railroad track for exhibition.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Lupe Estrada, 2017.
Arrangement:: Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Physical location:: Statewide Museum Collections Center: I2.210.I10
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
Mexican Americans
Railroads--Employees

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research by appointment.
Terms of access:: Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library amp; Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Luis M. Estrada Membership Cards and Pins, MS 871, California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

111 I Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US