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  • Access
  • Publication Rights
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  • Acquisition Information
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Lawrence George Beckett's Railroad Passes
    Dates: 1904-1916
    Collection Number: MS 905
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 1 folder
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: Railroad passes for Lawrence George Beckett, a telegraph operator and a traveling auditor for Northern Electric Railway.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Lawrence George Beckett's Railroad Passes. Collection Number: MS 905. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Anne Beckett, 2009

    Biography/Administrative History

    Lawrence George Beckett was a railroad telegraph operator circa 1904-1906. By 1911, he was a traveling auditor for Northern Electric Company.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Railroad passes for Lawrence George Beckett, a telegraph operator and a traveling auditor for Northern Electric Railway. Railroads Beckett traveled on include: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, Butte County, California Traction , Cement, Tolenas & Tidewater, Manistea & North-Eastern, Michigan Central, Northern Electric, Oakland, Antioch & Eastern, Pennsylvania Lines, Pere Marquette, Southern Pacific, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Quincy Western,and Western Pacific railroads.