Files of Director - Market Planning, 1945-1970 (bulk, 1959-1970).

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Files of Director - Market Planning, 1945-1970 (bulk, 1959-1970).

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The surviving records of the Penn Central Marketing Department are a small fragment of files from the offices of Philip D. Ohl, Director - Market Planning and of W. R. Brooks, Manager - Market Development - Intermodal. A substantial part of the files are from Ohl's earlier work as Manager of International Freight Sales of the New York Central.

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