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Railroading in Mason County : 1884 to 1959

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    "Simpson Kalisher took his camera, his tape recorder, and a freight-car-load of idealism down to the railroad yards to hunt for a book. He came back with a stunning series of photographs, a number of yarns about railroading told in the vernacular, and an experience of the reality of the life of railroad men which destroyed some illusions and gave him a measure of understanding. 44 photographs in duotone, 24 yarns, the apologia of the author, and an introduction by Jonathan Williams"--Jacket.

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    Stanislaus County Directory, 1884 (1884). 16 items

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    The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.

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    Railroad and County Map of California showing every railroad station and post office in the State

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    At head of title: "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Enlarged Scale." Attached tables of Counties population, net worth, etc. Also table of domestic animals and coal production by state. Submap: Rand, McNally & Co.'s Mexico. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Seddon, T.E.Y. (Thomas Edward Youd), 1884-1972, (1948-1959)

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