Records, 1920-1928.

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Records, 1920-1928.

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The records are files of Julien L. Eysmans and George Dickie Ogden, both career officers in the PRR's Traffic Department. The records are a random fragment, mostly for the years 1928 and 1929, and survived only by being misfiled at the Merion Avenue warehouse. They illuminate typical events within the Traffic Department.

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