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Africa, Near East

Description

Includes train(s): The Blue Train; The Drakensberg Express. Includes photographs and route guides for the Blue Train (Pretoria and Johannesburg to Cape Town, 1974); several other South African Railways brochures; Namibia, Egypt and others. Note: No people of color are shown in most of the photos of these materials until a 1989 brochure on the Blue Train.

Type
Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date
1963-1999
Call number
646607
Creator
Merrill, Leslie O(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Leslie O. Merrill, 1976-2008.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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