Vanishing Vistas Postcards Album, circa 1950-2000

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Title:: Vanishing Vistas postcards album
Dates:: circa 1950-2000
Creators:: Cox, Lyman
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Extent:: .67 linear feet
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Preferred citation:: Vanishing Vistas postcards album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Scope and content:: These albums contain commercially produced color photographs produced by Lyman Cox and his Vanishing Vistas Company. In Album 102, the photos are arranged in three sections: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. The postcards are primarily of diesel locomotives, passenger trains, and scenic vistas. The first half of Album 103 depicts Amtrak trains around California and the West. The second half of this album are of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in California.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1950-2000
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Open for research.
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Preferred citation:: Vanishing Vistas postcards album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

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

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Sacramento, CA 95814, US