Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card
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Title: Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card
Dates: 1889-1892
Collection Number: MS 454
Creator/Collector:
Walker, Fred A.
Extent: 6 folders
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Correspondence and memorial cards relating to Iowa native Fred A. Walker, a car inspector for the Central Pacific Railroad.
He died March 27, 1892, age 25, in Sacramento, after having one of legs crushed at Blue Canyon. The correspondence includes
letters to Fred A. Walker from family and friends in Texas, Kansas and California. Mr. Walker was also an amateur photographer.
Language of Material: English
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Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of Arthur Newman, 1978
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence and memorial cards relating to Iowa native Fred A. Walker, a car inspector for the Central Pacific Railroad.
He died March 27, 1892, age 25, in Sacramento, after having one of legs crushed at Blue Canyon. The correspondence includes
letters to Fred A. Walker from family and friends in Texas, Kansas and California. Mr. Walker was also an amateur photographer.