Railroads and trolleys in the United States and Mexico : photographs, 1889-1972.

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Railroads and trolleys in the United States and Mexico : photographs, 1889-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510612

Photographs document electric railroad and street-railroad lines throughout the United States, primarily in California. Cars are identified for the following routes: Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad, Pacific Electric Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad, Sacramento Northern Railroad, Santa Fe Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Temiscouata Railroad, United Railroads and Union Pacific Railroad. Railway lines include: San Francisco Municipal Railway, California Street Cable Co., Market Street Railway, Sacramento City Lines, Stockton Electric Railway, Eureka Municipal Railway, Visalia Electric Railway, Marysville/Yuba City Railway, Interurban Electric Railway, San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railway, Los Angeles Traction Company, Los Angeles Interurban, Los Angeles Transit Lines, Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Co., Los Angeles Railway, Metropolitan Transit Authority Los Angeles, Central Ca. Traction Co., San Bernardino Valley Traction Co., Redlands Central Railway Co., San Diego Electric Railway and the Santa Barbara & Suburban Railway. Other lines include: Syracuse & Suburban Railway, Utah Idaho Central, New York Central and South Field Beach Railroad. Photographs taken in Mexico depict railroad engines, cars and trolleys and their route names.

Accession 1999-256: 1,773 photographic prints (1,659 photographs and 3 albums with 114 photographs; 1 linear ft.) Accession 2000-132: ca. 850 prints (ca. 1 linear ft.)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6742352

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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