Edward J. Quirk Railroad collection, undated, 1924-1989.

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Edward J. Quirk Railroad collection, undated, 1924-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/466397423

The collection consists of train passes, railroad memorabilia and photographs gathered by Mr. Quirk while he was a railroad employee.

1.95 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7568102

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Quirk, Edward J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d25hqr (person)

Edward J. Quirk was born in on June 10, 1906, and worked for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad from the age of 16 until his retirement at age 62. He served as a ticket agent in the New Haven, Connecticut, railroad station and in South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. Edward J. Quirk died in February 1989. From the description of Edward J. Quirk Railroad collection, undated, 1924-1989. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 466397423 ...

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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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...