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Wagner (Jack Russell) Mexico Trip Scrapbook
MS 808
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Jack Russell Wagner Mexico trip scrapbook
creator:
Wagner, Jack Russell
Identifier/Call Number: MS 808
Physical Description:
.333 Linear Feet
1 manuscript box
Date (inclusive): Jun. 29 - Aug. 6, 1951
Abstract: Scrapbook includes black-and-white and color photographs, brochures about hotels and steamships taken by Jack Wagner during
his trip along the west coast of Mexico in 1951.
Language of Material: English
Collection open for research. Contact Library & Archives staff for appointment.
Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact CSRM Library & Archives staff for details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jack Russell Wagner, 1988.
A native of California, John ("Jack") Russell Wagner began his career as a radio engineer in 1937, and served as a civilian
with the Army's Signal Corps and Air Corps during World War II. It was in this latter service that he became associated with
the Manhattan Project. After the war he returned to the radio business in Northern California, working in that field until
1981 when he retired as Director of Broadcast Operations for San Francisco station KCBS. Mr. Wagner traveled widely and wrote
articles on western topics for such publications as WESTWAYS, TRUE RAILROAD MAGAZINE, AMERICAN FORESTS and WESTERN MINING
JOURNAL. In addition he wrote three books, SHORT LINE JUNCTION (1956), GOLD MINES OF CALIFORNIA (1970) and THE LAST WHISTLE
[OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD] (1974). Mr. Wagner died in October, 1988 at the age of 72.
See also MS 27 Jack Russell Wagner Collection on OAC: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m90972/
[Identification of item], Jack Russell Wagner Mexico trip scrapbook, MS 808, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives,
Sacramento, California.
Scrapbook includes black-and-white and color photographs, brochures about hotels and steamships taken by Jack Wagner during
his trip along the west coast of Mexico in 1951. There are 20 photographs of Jack Russell's train trip from Manzanillo to
Mexico City, including an incident where the tender parted from the steam engine.
Copyright has been assigned to CSRM Library & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must
be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photography of railroads
Railroad travel