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1391605772.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
186612391Utica 1866. 16pp stitched untrimmed. Old obtrusive pencil notes Good. <br /> <br /> Despite its great early promise "Today Utica is the largest town in the United States with so few railroad facitlities. She lost by railroads and neglected to use them as means of recuperation and growth." The pamphlet urges that Uticans repent their mistakes and embrace the proposed railroad. <br /> Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker BRE. unknown
189417158St. Paul MN: F. I. Whitney. Very Good. 1894. Softcover. Rubbing to the edges stained in the lower left corner of the wraps. Starting to separate at the top of the spine. Contents are near-fine. This is the "old northwest" with double page colored maps of: the United States Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Washington state . ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 33 pages . F. I. Whitney paperback
185518117Washington: Printed by A.O.P. Nicholson 1855. 116 1 note 1 blank pp disbound. Light tanning scattered foxing. Good. Printed by A.O.P. Nicholson unknown
161959078Anchorage & Seward A.T.: Alaska Engineering Commission AEC Phinney S. Hunt ca. 1916-1917. 4to. 86 silver print photographs sized 6.25 x 8.25 in. nearly all w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative at lower fore-edge as well as caption negative number and AEC some w/ occasional pencil annotations on verso all preserved in mylar sleeves occasional creasing at corners a couple w/ slight loss at corners in the small blank margin. Recent 3-ring clamshell binder an excellent set of photos with all retaining bright strong contrast. This outstanding photo archive provides not only some of the earliest photographs of Anchorage Alaska Territory but also this immense railroad project first authorized by the US Congress in 1912. The few existing privately-run railroads operating in Alaska at the time including the Alaska Northern Railway and the Tanana Valley Railroad primarily fulfilled the needs of the mining companies carrying resources to sea ports and very little allowance was made for passenger traffic and it was impossible to travel by rail from Ship’s Creek at the Cook Inlet north to Fairbanks. Through an April 1915 executive order President Wilson directed that the newly created Alaska Engineering Commission construct a railroad along the surveyed “Western Route†from Seward or Portage Bay along the Turnagain & Knik Arms of Cook Inlet North through the Suitna Valley and then follow the Nenana River until it joined the Tanana with the intent it would connect eventually to Fairbanks. Employing discarded surplus railroad equipment from the Panama Canal Railroad project and under the direction of engineer Mears who had worked on both the Panama Canal and Great Northern Railroads the tiny tent city of Ship’s Creek swelled to 5500 people within two years and was officially labeled by the Post Office as “Anchorage.†Photos included here reveal the barren original landscape of Ship’s Creek with one of the photos showing the steam launches “Alaska†& “Seagull†who carried cargo and passengers from ships offshore. In addition there are views of the construction of the immense AEC Railway machine shop by Sept. 1916 as well as the newly completed first Railroad Depot in Anchorage with the progression of buildings erected beyond. These early views of the fast developing project portray the Commissary Hospital Bunkhouses finished machine shop interiors of the powder house for blasting along with a view of the AEC’s photo studio and the completed electrical power house. Early street views of the nascent city are quite scarce and one of particular interest shows Fourth Ave. looking East with newly built stores and homes built along both sides of the roadway stretching into the distance. Brutal working conditions continually interfered with the pace of the project with one of the images showing the AEC’s “Electric Thawing Machine†on a sled whie others depict piles of snow work camps in snow and even sternwheeler and docks trapped in an ice flow in March 1917. A couple of the photographs feature the sternwheeler SS Omineca underway which had been originally constructed in 1909 for the Grand Trunk Railway running the Skeena River from 1909-1912 and powered by the original SS Caledonia’s engines. By the end of 1916 60 miles of track had been laid 100 miles were graded and right-of-way cleared for 230 miles with photos in this archive showing AEC Construction camps at various mile markers blasting activity and track laying. At the same time they rehabilitated the bankrupt Alaska Northern Railroad tracks and by Oct. 24 1917 the first AEC Railway train reached the Chickaloon coal mines 74 miles North of Anchorage. The railroad would actually not be finished until 1923 when the Tanana River Bridge was completed and last 57 miles of track to Fairbank converted to standard gauge. Photos also show the Anchorage Baseball Field which featured games for the Cook Inlet Baseball League composed at the time of Matanuska Anchorage and Turnagain Arm teams. There’s also a very fine series of the Decoration Day parade held May 30 1917 depicting many of the main streets and businesses in the background. In addition several photographs show the ocean docks completed which allowed ships to directly dock at Anchorage rather than lightering passengers and cargo to shore prior to 1917. Hunt 1866-1917 originally worked as a California optician before trekking to Valdez Alaska as a gold rush prospector but quickly established himself as a photographer opening his studio and documenting Valdez and development of the region. He would bring his wife and children to Alaska by 1907. He later secured work as one of the AEC’s official photographers shooting some of the early survey work by 1914 and through the project until suffering a heart attack Oct. 14 1917 in Seward AK. Hunt’s son A.O. Hunt also worked as an assistant photographer for the AEC. A few of these images appear as negatives in the Alaska State Library Historical Collections with a couple shown in their Digital Archives and some appear in the Alaska Engineering Commission archive at the U of W Collect. No. PH0495 but the bulk of that collection features photographs by James McPherson H.G. Kaiser and A.J. Johnson who were the other official photographers on the project; See: Phinney S. Hunt Photographs of Alaska 1902-1909 Photographs in and around Valdez and Sitka Alaska University of Washington Special Collections; Phinney S. Hunt Obituary Alaska Railroad Record Vol. I No. 49 Oct. 16 1917 p. 389. Alaska Engineering Commission, AEC, Phinney S. Hunt, unknown
19199033663new york 1919. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Compiled and edited by the Regiment.Many line drawings and photographic illustrations. Marbelized front and rear endpapers. Cloth covered boards. The front cover is stamped in gilt. The lower right corner of the front cover is bumped and there is some wear to the back and front covers. <br/><br/> hardcover
0243146930.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
033293425X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0332837882.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
196556840Los Angeles CA; Ketchum ID & Omaha NE: Schick; Gilbert Stanley Underwood & Micro-Tronics The Wurgler Co. 1965-1983. Collection including One original pencil drawing sized 6.5 x 23.5 in. framed & matted in black & glass frame sized 11 x 37.5 in. artist’s signature dated 12/83; Five blueprints reproduced on thick mylar stock sized 30 x 47.25 in.; 65 105 mm. blueprint negatives all carefully labeled in pencil on archival manila envelopes preserved in lidded black vinyl box gilt Sun Valley logo & lettering stamped on lid. This unusual collection containing a large panoramic elevation drawing of the historic Sun Valley Lodge five large blueprints reproduced from the originals as well as an invaluable grouping of 105 mm. blueprint negatives for all of the original drawings of the Sun Valley Lodge and sister lodge the Challenger Inn later Sun Valley Inn. Also present is a September 1932 blueprint negative for a proposed Union Pacific Cafeteria building in Ketchum ID. Harriman foresaw the tremendous potential in developing a skiing destination industry for the Union Pacific during the Great Depression and after hiring Count Felix Schaffgosch to scout locations determined in January 1936 that Ketchum ID would be the ideal spot. The Union Pacific contracted the famed Los Angeles CA architect Gilbert Underwood 1890-1960 who at the time was a key member in the Federal Architecture Project established by Roosevelt during the New Deal. Underwood was well known for designing Union Pacific lodges for the National Park Service including complexes at Cedar Breaks Zion Bryce Canyon North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the famed Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite. He would later produce the preliminary designs for the Timberline Lodge WPA project on Mount Hood OR. The large panoramic drawing depicts the historic South elevation of the Lodge as constructed in 1936 scale of 1 in. to 20 feet. The large reproduced plans include those for The First Floor Basement and Foundation Second Floor Third Floor and Fourth Floor and Roof Plan. The blueprint negatives include floor plans framing plans kitchen ceiling designs piping kitchen pantry details the range hoods bar plans dining table details & plans and even the bakers dough table. Bill Wurgler 1912-1996 founded the Wurgler Co. in downtown Omaha following World War II and maintained the largest and finest photographic and blueprint reproduction plant in the Midwest later selling to Standard Blue in 1969. We could find no similar collections in Worldcat; See: History of Sun Valley Visit Sun Valley Ketchum Idaho 2020; Laura Soulliere Harrison Architecture in the Parks: National Historic Landmark Theme Study 1986 pp. 245-249. Schick; Gilbert Stanley Underwood & Micro-Tronics, The Wurgler Co., unknown
193259163New York NY & Swissvale PA: Westinghouse Union Switch & Signal Co.; New York City Transit Authority Transit Commission 1932. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.75 in. 40 leaves unnumbered. including 20 typescript explanatory leaves on onion-skin paper 20 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs all w/ Union Switch & Signal Co. in lower blank fore-edges all w/ rounded corners sized 8 x 10 in. mounted on linen hinges. Original flexible simulated black calf post-binder ownership name stamped on lower right corner front cover very slight fraying at fore-edges slight wear NF exemplar from library of Transit Commissioner Chairman John H. Delaney 1871-1952. This souvenir photo album documents the key switch and signal control systems power equipment subway signals car brake tripper valves and signal systems and more for the newly opened 8th Avenue IND Subway line in New York running from 207th St. to south of High St. in Brooklyn Heights. George Westinghouse had pioneered airbrake safety equipment revolutionizing rail travel in the 19th Century and had absorbed and created the Union Switch & Signal Co. in 1881 moving to Swissvale in 1887 where the subsidiary specialized in specifically closed track circuits and interlocking switch and signal control systems vital for interurbans subway systems and other rail lines. This album depicts the large signal control panel illuminated track indicator switch operating mechanisms and control valves tripper mechanisms signal control cables apparatus housing Dwarf subway interlocking signals and more. In addition many of the images reveal the newly constructed subway tunnels control rooms switching rooms air compressor plants and storage buildings. The 8th Avenue line was originated under Mayor John Hylan who pursued an independent subway system and directed Transit Commission Chairman Delaney to oversee construction and implementation of the line with most of the line dug using the cut-and-cover method by excavating the street above and attempting to avoid existing lines and stations. Delaney had begun his career managing the Morning Telegraph and the printing plant owner and was tapped in 1913 by Gov. Suizer as Commissioner of Efficiency and Economy during the Progressive Era. He proved to be an essential figure in not only overseeing the eventual $ 770 million job of building the IND subway system but was also key to the eventual unification of the IRT and BMT subway systems purchased by New York City for $ 326 million. No similar albums or photo archives located in Worldcat or other relevant institutional holdings; See: J.H. Delaney Dies; Ex-Transit Head The Brooklyn Dailey Eagle Aug. 14 1952 pp. 1 & 9; Steven Usselman Air Brakes for Freight Trains: Technological Innovation in the American Railroad Industry 1869-1900 The Business History Review Vol. 58 No. 1 Transportation Spring 1984 pp. 30-50. Westinghouse, Union Switch & Signal Co.; New York City Transit Authority, Transit Commission, unknown
187158202Kalama W.T.: William Walker March 12 1871. 4to. 7.5 x 9.75 in. 2 pp. on ruled paper approx. 180 words in clear crisp cursive retaining original mailing folds slight toning very slight dustsoiling NF. This letter reveals the setbacks engendered by poor construction materials in the Washington Territory as the Northern Pacific raced to extend its rail lines across the country hoping to become the second Transcontinental railroad after the Union Pacific. The letter from Walker to Sprague opens with “I herewith inclose sic a statement of the walking Boss in relation to the Powder which has been furnished thus far on the work & from personal inspection of several samples I think his estimate low. In all my former experience in public works I have never seen as bad powder attempted to be used. One keg examined seemed to be nothing but charcoal. It seems to have been damaged by dampness as nearly all is more or less caked solid.†He goes on to explain that he feels that the contract should be suspended with the powder company and if they have any complaints they can could come down and “inspect what is on hand. That which has been opened thus far has either been used or destroyed. . . .†Despite the setbacks Walker’s team managed to begin laying track on March 19 1871 a week later and by September the first 25 miles was completed and by the end of the year the Northern Pacific line extended to Tenino. Eventually after the Panic of 1873 bankruptcy in 1875 and other setbacks as well as purchasing majority interest in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company the Northern Pacific was able to complete the line from Kalama to Tacoma with connecting ferry the “Tacoma†which transported passenger cars across the Columbia River from Kalama W.T. to Goble Oregon up until 1909. See: Glenn Laubaugh & Ron McCoy The Northern Pacific PNW Chapter National Railway Historical Society 2021; Duane Denfield John Wilson Sprague 1817-1893 HistoryLink 11066 May 12 2015. William Walker, unknown
0365709867.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0365709891.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0260948896.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
189033132Cedar Rapids: The Record Printing Company n.d. ca 1890s 1890s. IOWA. 6" x 19" sheet 8 panels printed in green and red pictorial wrappers illustration of the "Queen" at the dock list of accommodations many in private homes and many at $1.00 per day. Offers information on Iowa's lake region and West Okoboji with it's fishing hotels things to do etc. Charts offering hotel names addresses rates and remarks for accommodations at Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake. Fine copy with original mailing envelope included. The Record Printing Company, n.d. (ca 1890s)] unknown
19302091502135501278Osaka Mainichi Shimbun 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 446p Map size: 16x23cm Osaka Mainichi Shimbun paperback
83802<p>The Railway Magazine is still Britain's best-selling rail title. It was first published in 1897 and has been published continuously since.<br />It was started by Joseph Lawrence and Frank E. Cornwall who believed there was market for amateur railway enthusiasts.</p> hardcover
191960653New York San Francisco CA Portland & Baker OR Coeur d’Alene ID & Seattle WA: American Railway Express Co. Railway Express Agency Co. Washington-Alaska-Yukon Division Pacific-Mountain Division 1919-1965. Archive with over 100 separate pieces. Approx. 1400 pp sections leaves individual items paginated & unpaginated numbered & unnumbered sections separately and more printed on assorted paper stocks many w/ colour-tinting. Individual items largely all sleeved in mylar and preserved in 3-ring binders some items in their original bindings as found including large Folio sample catalogue which is an original re-purposing of a large Christmas greeting card catalogue as well as others in their original post-binders softcovers or more detailed list available upon request. This informative archive of sales literature and in-house forms documents and publications for the Western and Pacific Divisions of the storied Railway Express Co. whose Big Green trucks with the red emblems shipped a valuable package or money anywhere in the world prior to the 1970’s. They specialized in efficiently shipping daily thousands of perishables fragile items and things the customer wished picked up at their home and then traveling across the company’s vast rail network to San Francisco Toledo Bremerhaven Germany Okinawa Japan and further. This material documents the period of transition by the American Railway Express Co. which had been formed during World War I by combining the Great Northern Express Northern Express Western Express Adams Express American Express Wells Fargo and Southern Express into one giant company. In 1929 69 U.S. railroads organized the Railway Express Agency and purchased the American Railway Express Co. and its’ vast network to be all folded into the same company with each of the railroads owning 1000 shares of stock. This archive encompasses all of the labels forms documents and sales literature in order to train operate and thrive as a Railway Express Agent. Not only do the labels and documents specifically detail how to pack the railcars and trucks make claims on damaged materials they even include specific items such as 21 mostly originally sealed safe combinations & keys originally held and secured by the Money Dept. of the Railway Express Agency. Two “Record of Personal Property†logs document the sales of obsolete equipment surplus horses carriages wagons motorized trucks and railcars from the Nampa ID depot. Also present is a fascinating receipt book still preserving all the original 50 Foreign Money Orders sent as remittances from 1946-1957 by immigrants co-workers aid workers as well as family and friends many with original TLS and ALS receipts associated with the original senders. The 1919 “Route Directory†provides very scarce original documentation of the network of depots operated by the Express Company across Idaho Montana Oregon & Washington during and just after World War I when the business was in the transition towards the American Railway Express Co. many of the rail stations no longer operable or in existence. The sales promotion and development in-house magazines flyers and bulletins all offer essential tips on how agents during the Great Depression and beyond could raise sales and cultivate their promotional campaigns. They encouraged regular meetings elevating their “Live Wires†to lead with rousing sales pitches and promoting methods on raising the company’s presence in the “Private House Market†as well as “Selective selling for the Summer slump.†In addition there are small broadsides flyers and tips on advising how to ship baby chicks bees taking care that bee hives arrive intact and ready for use shipping apples & pears from Oregon Washington Idaho & Montana farmers and packing houses as well as handling fragile glass packages. It is very apparent when reading through all of the material that the American Railway Express followed by the Railway Express ran a very tight ship with active auditing departments specific forms for nearly everything and very tight controls over who could enter and operate within their secure shipping railcars. Almost none of these original labels documents periodicals or other in-house publications appear in any institutional collections; Worldcat locates a few similar titles from the 1940’s through 1950’s at Stanford Univ. of Missouri St. Louis Northwestern and the Hagley. American Railway Express Co., Railway Express Agency, Co., Washington-Alaska-Yukon Division, Pacific-Mountain Division, paperback
19602092902137405767Kinki Nippon Railway Co. Ltd. 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. paperback
2000KFZZQ100803Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100803 Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event paperback
1953KFZZQ100805Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event 1953. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100805 Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event paperback
190330359Chicago: Poole Brothers 1903. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 7.5" x 5". 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs plan of the Prison grounds and map of the railroad route in back. Gray illustrated covers with title on front. Poole Brothers unknown
2b9602Ohne Verlag und Ort 1935. 46 S. kartoniert . - Text arabisch - unknown
0666877114.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
