Lawrence George Beckett's Railroad Passes

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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.