Oakland (Calif.) harbor postcard, 1910
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Mitchell, Edward Henry, 1867-1932
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Edward Henry Mitchell was an American businessman and postcard publisher in San Francisco. He was owner of the Edward H. Mitchell publishing company, one of the most prolific postcard publishers on the west coast of the United States. The company was active from the late 1890s to the early 1920s....
Southern Pacific railroad company
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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...
