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Rambles overland : A trip across the continent
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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128587
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Probably the first African-American domestic travel book of the 20th century which recounts a cross-country railroad trip by five Virginia Black clergymen and lay-leaders to attend a Presbyterian assembly in Los Angeles.
645555
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Written by avid motorist and Pittsburgh financier David P. Black, Across the continent is privately published account of a family's travels by rail from Pittsburgh to San Bernardino, California, followed by a motor tour of California in a Packard Twin-Six.
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Manuscripts
This journal describes Stimson's travels from Wisconsin to California during 1850, and his ensuing search for gold. He eventually sells his interest in a mining company and returns home by ship. Additional notes written by Stimson in 1900. Typescript from original.
mssHM 50451