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Robert H. McFarland correspondence and railroad ephemera, 1930-1950.
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Title:
Robert H. McFarland correspondence and railroad ephemera, 1930-1950Robert McFarland papers
Creator/Contributor:
McFarland, Robert H., d. 1954, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Pacific Railroad CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Southern Pacific Railroad CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Railway & Locomotive Historical SocietyAbstract:
Contains mostly correspondence, some on letterhead stationery, between McFarland, other railroad enthusiasts and organizations,
and railroad companies. Most of the letters concern the buying and selling of railroad photographs. Also includes some railroad
ephemera, a brochure for The Western Pacific Railroad Company "Feather River Route" and a typescript copy of a Southern Pacific
Company "resume of instructions" for railway workers (with index) containing details of their standard operating procedures.
Date:
1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---McFarland, Robert H -- Archives
McFarland, Robert H -- Correspondence
Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- Employees -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Railfans -- California
Railroads -- United States
Railroads -- California
Railroads -- West (U.S.)
Pacific railroads
Railroads -- Employees -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Photographers -- California
Note:
Robert H. McFarland correspondence and railroad ephemera, BANC MSS 2006/117, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Associated collection: Robert H. McFarland Collection, 1911-1954 (MS 51); Also located at; California State Railroad Museum
Library; 111 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814.
Robert H. McFarland was a railroad enthusiast and photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early and mid-twentieth
century. Prior to his death in 1954, he photographed Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwestern
Pacific, and traction subjects, as well as maritime and city views.
In English.
Type:
Letterheads.Ephemera.
Brochures.
Manuals (instructional materials).
Physical Description:
print
1 box (0.2 linear feet)
Language:
English