Instructions for handling presidential train, 1939.

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Instructions for handling presidential train, 1939.

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The record is a four page mimeographed set of instructions to employees for handling a special train for FDR over the Reading portion of the New York-Washington route on June 24, 1939.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6699975

Hagley Museum & Library

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