Railroad Picture Postcards, ca. 1970-ca. 1973.

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Railroad Picture Postcards, ca. 1970-ca. 1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32994271

Collection consists of 50 picture postcards of the construction of the transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads, locomotives, Pullman sleeping cars and various other railroad scenes in the American West from 1866-1870.

50 items.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7347058

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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