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Lightning express; or, The rival academies
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Farrell [sic] & Palmer's Lightning Express. / C.P.R.R
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Image size:14 3/8 x 21 in. Note: Correct name is Jarrett & Palmer. On June 4, 1876, theatrical promoters Jarrett & Palmer organized a transcontinental train trip that crossed the country in 83 hours, arriving at the Oakland Long Wharf in Alameda (pictured). Naef no. 939.
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[Farrell and Palmer's Lightning Express on Oakland Wharf.]
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This collection contains 430 albumen photographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California in the 1870s and 1880s, as well as 223 card photographs by photographer Alfred A. Hart documenting the construction of the western half of the transcontinental railroad by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in the 1860s, which were later published by Watkins under his own imprint. Images by Watkins depict locations in Arizona and California including: Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, the Mammoth Tree Grove, Paso Robles, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Soda Springs, Wilmington, and Yosemite, as well as views related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and of the Colorado River. There are a few images of Native Americans in Arizona and California, and several images related to trains and railroads. The photographs have been removed from the original album, which is a large leather album with brass bindings (Box 10). There are some handwritten identifications in the album pages, most likely written after if was received by the Library.
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Rivals
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The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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The Rival Quacks
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The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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The battle of the rival routes and railroads
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Image of the front page of the November 27, 1874, issue of the Daily Graphic newspaper containing a political cartoon depicting three steam locomotives, ridden by Erie Railroad president Hugh Jewett, New York Central Railroad president Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Pennsylvania Railroad president Thomas A. Scott, sinking in a lake while a fourth steam locomotive ridden by Baltimore & Railroad president John Garrett runs on a track in the background.
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