Records, 1901-1949 (bulk 1925-1946).

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx79zh (corporateBody)

The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc0v7x (corporateBody)

Richmond-Washington Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd20h4 (corporateBody)

New Cumberland and Pittsburgh Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m944fh (corporateBody)

Canton and East Liverpool Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w70frj (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x67jgt (corporateBody)

Lake Erie and Pittsburgh Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t190m3 (corporateBody)

Dayton and Western Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv1mcb (corporateBody)

Leechburg Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x077b (corporateBody)

Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m65fn8 (corporateBody)

Incorporated in New Jersey in 1901 to purchase and lease coal lands and rights in Virginia and West Virginia; controlled by Norfolk and Western Railway. From the description of Records, 1927-1939. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28409689 ...

Waynesburg and Washington Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61872jj (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f5nbs (corporateBody)

Akron Union Passenger Depot Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6934q6j (corporateBody)

Wilkes Barre and Eastern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s50mfz (corporateBody)

New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wt2phx (corporateBody)

Wheeling Terminal Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt8mts (corporateBody)

Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp81j1 (corporateBody)

Massilon and Little Beaver Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p59h28 (corporateBody)

Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr5v65 (corporateBody)

Little Miami Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj8d3h (corporateBody)

Union Transportation Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx4bqz (corporateBody)

South, Charles M., 1867- .

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8ftm (person)

United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c5rv4 (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k0797 (corporateBody)

Canton Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h5dfv (corporateBody)

Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf1r64 (corporateBody)

Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p9wr7 (corporateBody)

Merchants Warehouse Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm2b43 (corporateBody)

Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n052r9 (corporateBody)

Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68952c2 (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania Terminal Real Estate Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw6cwv (corporateBody)

Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v6cfq (corporateBody)

Pennroad Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w293m (corporateBody)

Ohio River and Western Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6837pkw (corporateBody)

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p1xh9 (corporateBody)

Massilon and Cleveland Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr0ts0 (corporateBody)

Virginia Ferry Corporation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x94nz (corporateBody)

Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt8n9g (corporateBody)

Cincinnati, Richmond, and Fort Wayne Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c5rd9 (corporateBody)

Union Railroad Company of Baltimore.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x9668n (corporateBody)

Western Transportation Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6158d4n (corporateBody)

Harborside Warehouse Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6255d6q (corporateBody)

Reading Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n30rm (corporateBody)

The Reading Company, chartered in 1871 as the Excelsior Enterprise Company, became the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. As a result of anti-trust proceedings, the Reading Company divested itself of its mining subsidiary in 1923 and became an operating company for its rail properties. After bankruptcy in the early 1970s, viable portions of the rail network were conveye...

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk54zw (corporateBody)

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company or the "Milwaukee Road" opened in Montana in August, 1908. The company felt that to be competitive it had to expand its services to the Pacific Coast. Despite the fact that it had to buy most of its right away and avoid established areas, they were able to build 2,300 miles of track in three years. Along with building track from Glenham, South Dakota to Seattle, they absorbed local railways such as the famous Jawbone of Central Montana a...

Kuhn, Loeb & Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f5kn0 (corporateBody)

Otto Kahn was a partner at the investment firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and an active patron of the arts and music; he was on the board of the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. At the time that Gustav Mahler signed his contract with the Metropolitan Opera it was still called the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company. The latter company was formed in 1903 under the direction of Heinrich Conried (1855-1909); when Conried retired in 1908 the name was changed to the Metropolitan Opera Company. ...

Blair Gap Water Supply Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt9hnk (corporateBody)

Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v73fk4 (corporateBody)

American Contract and Trust company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6895204 (corporateBody)

Jersey City Stock Yards Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md2vjt (corporateBody)

Stuyvesant Real Estate Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j19x3 (corporateBody)

Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz746w (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq6zrj (corporateBody)

Lewisburg Bridge Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62c2tx1 (corporateBody)

Raritan River Rail Road

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m082gj (corporateBody)

Camden and Burlington County Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c57frv (corporateBody)

Lykens Valley Rail-Road and Coal Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m9463v (corporateBody)

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

Philadelphia Mail Steamship Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz95ks (corporateBody)

Indianapolis Union Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk9d7w (corporateBody)

The Indianapolis Union Railway Company was founded in the 1850s. The company owned and maintained the Indianapolis Union Station and in 1882 leased the railway equipment, track, and facilities of the Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Company. Since its creation this railroad entity was for the purpose of easing and streamlining the exchange of freight and passengers between the different railroad companies that ran through Indianapolis. In April of 1976 the ownership of IURC was transfe...

Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj8dsg (corporateBody)

American Scantic Lines.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c002df (corporateBody)

Erie and Western Transportation Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w41s3h (corporateBody)

West Lane Garage Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z249v (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j49j0 (corporateBody)

The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad Company was formed in 1856 as a consolidation of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, the Ohio and Indiana Railroad, and the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. Over the span of three years it made several expansions, primarily throughout Illinois. However, due to financial problems the company went bankrupt. It was reorganized on February 26, 1862 and renamed the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway. The new railway leased lines throughout the...

Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6255cw8 (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief of Corporate Work.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032p1b (corporateBody)

The office of Chief of Corporate Work was established on July 1, 1925, in order to provide an assistant to the vice president in charge of the Financial Department in his supervision of the financial affairs of the PRR and all lines owned, operated or controlled by it. The principal holder of this office was George J. Adams. Born in 1881, Adams had entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 1, 1897, as a clerk in the Secretary's Department. In 1910 he beca...

Delaware Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b9wbv (corporateBody)

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t47j8h (corporateBody)

Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

New York and Long Branch Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk57sw (corporateBody)

Lykens Water Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p1wdj (corporateBody)

National Carloading Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z23mg (corporateBody)

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z4xcq (corporateBody)

The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System. From the description of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company records, 1900s-1950s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908801 The Central of Georgia Railway, formed from its predecessor, The Central Railroad and Bank...

Dayton Union Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g7dsk (corporateBody)

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc4vd8 (corporateBody)

Transcontinental Air Transport

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t76dpw (corporateBody)

Western Maryland Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z64h26 (corporateBody)

Western Maryland Railway was chartered as the Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad by Maryland in 1852 and renamed Western Maryland Railroad in 1853. By 1870, the Western Maryland Railroad was actively involved in coal. Chesapeake and Ohio Railraod purchased it in 1968. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad website and Brief history of several rail companies active in Appalachia. From the description of Randolph Aven...

Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf1qnj (corporateBody)

Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr5t8n (corporateBody)

Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d25tgb (corporateBody)

The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company was incorporated under the laws of Indiana and Michigan on July 11, 1896, as a reorganization of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company. The company operated a railroad between Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mackinaw City, Mich., that was built by predecessor companies between 1867 and 1886. The company was operated by its own organization, although a de facto element of the PRR's Lines West, until January 1, 1921, when it was leased by the Pennsylvania...

Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp1083 (corporateBody)

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm292s (corporateBody)

The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad was founded in 1871 and it was originally designed to span the distance from the Ohio River through the coal fields of southeastern Ohio to the ports on Lake Erie. By 1877, only 13.5 miles of track had been laid, and the railroad tycoon was jokingly called the "Wailing and Leg Weary." After several early financial embarrassments, including a complete shut down in 1879, Jay Gould began buying large amounts of Wheeling's stock the following year. Wi...

National Freight Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k68d5d (corporateBody)

Maryland and Delaware Telephone and Telegraph Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht6hww (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh, Youngstown, and Ashtabula Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg6j9p (corporateBody)

New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb8xgs (corporateBody)

Connellsville and Monongahela Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ps1rw3 (corporateBody)

Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg0kzz (corporateBody)

Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6129pfb (corporateBody)

Frontier Electric Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c8r2n (corporateBody)

Wabash Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p6xpx (corporateBody)

Manor Real Estate and Trust Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6226r7n (corporateBody)

Keystone Container Car Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr2x0g (corporateBody)

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f51j7q (corporateBody)

Adams, George N. (George Newton), 1881-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668fqk (person)

Central Indiana Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c002nk (corporateBody)

The Central Indiana Railway Company had its origins as the Anderson, Lebanon and St. Louis Railroad, chartered in 1875. It was sold and reorganized as the Cleveland, Indiana and St. Louis Railway in 1882, and then reorganized as the Midland Railway Company in 1885. A Chicago attorney, Henry Crawford acquired control of the line in 1891 and organized it as the Chicago and South Eastern Railway. This line was jointly acquired by the Pennsylvania and Big Four railroads in 1902 and was incorporated ...

Fairport and Youngstown Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6866c5f (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6769997 (corporateBody)

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn81b1 (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s50p90 (corporateBody)

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv7fdc (corporateBody)

Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Susquehanna Coal Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz74qm (corporateBody)

New York Connecting Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr2vxr (corporateBody)

Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz67np (corporateBody)

Pocahontas Land Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns4pcc (corporateBody)

Wabash Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m73xw (corporateBody)

Ohio Connecting Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c57fpz (corporateBody)

Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q27v2x (corporateBody)

C & OHS holding include records from February 4, 1916 to January 10, 1951. These records contain no information regarding the organization or dissolution of the company. Most corporate meetings were held in Norfolk, VA. From the description of Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company : Corporate records, 1916 Feb. 4-1951 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34908846 ...

Vandalia Mineral Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf4pjm (corporateBody)

Canton Company of Baltimore

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032n2c (corporateBody)

Long Island Rail Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n60b2 (corporateBody)

Pabst, George H. 1888-1963.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z708c5 (person)

Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z80xx (corporateBody)

County, A. J. 1871-1944.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb76jd (person)

Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tn17sd (corporateBody)

Baltimore and Eastern Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq7vtg (corporateBody)

Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb825h (corporateBody)

West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d25spm (corporateBody)

Philadelphia and Trenton Rail Road Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6808xjp (corporateBody)

Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j13zg4 (corporateBody)

Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk4cqc (corporateBody)

Atterbury, William Wallace, 1866-1935

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William Wallace Atterbury was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a brigadier general in the United States (U.S.) Army in World War I (WWI) and was assigned to direct transportation activities in France. From the description of The W.W. Atterbury papers, 1917-1920. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50632886 ...

Indianapolis & Frankfort Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh3mhp (corporateBody)

Northern Central Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mh1ktr (corporateBody)

Handled freight and passenger traffic from Baltimore, Md., to York, Pa; also called North Central Railway. From the description of Records, 1838-1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974117 ...

South Chicago and Southern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj6b9t (corporateBody)

Pittsburgh and Cross Creek Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf0sxp (corporateBody)

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6711z26 (corporateBody)

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...

Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz387w (corporateBody)

Beaver Valley Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z073w2 (corporateBody)

Western Allegheny Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p1wr1 (corporateBody)

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n02vz (corporateBody)

The Atlantic City Railroad Company was incorporated in March 1899 and was renamed Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines on July 15, 1933. Prior to 1933, both the Reading Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad maintained parallel and competing lines between Philadelphia/Camden and the New Jersey shore resorts between Atlantic City and Cape May. This had originally been a large and lucrative business, but with the coming of auto and bus competition and the opening of the Dela...

Granite Improvement Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c001rh (corporateBody)