Dinner in honor of Mr. Walter S. Franklin, who retired May 31, 1954 as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad after nearly a half century of distinguished service and Mr. James M. Symes, his successor, the 13th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Wednesday, the twenty-third of June, the Warwick,

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Dinner in honor of Mr. Walter S. Franklin, who retired May 31, 1954 as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad after nearly a half century of distinguished service and Mr. James M. Symes, his successor, the 13th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Wednesday, the twenty-third of June, the Warwick, Philadelphia.

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Franklin, Walter S. (Walter Simonds), 1884-1972

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Symes, James M. (James Miller), 1897-1976

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