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Frank S. Douty letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: report on cost of construction GH & SA Railway between San Antonio and the east; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 December 24; memo relative to sinking fund of Southern Pacific Railroad of New Mexico; report on number guests at Castle Crag Tavern, 1892-1896; report on prices of San Francisco property of Pacific Improvement Company, 1896 July 15; report on freight costs on coal paid to Northern Pacific Railway Co. 1896 June-1897 August; press copy of letter from George Schonewald to F.S. Douty, 1897 October 26.
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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington
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50 items. Also: letters from J.N. Camden, 1891 February 25, and Jay H. Northrop, 1891 February 27, to Henry E. Huntington; memo (in pencil) by Henry E. Huntington; letter from Henry E. Huntington to W.T. Smith, 1891 July 13; letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 June 2, 11, 14, July 6, 15, 21, 22, 27 letter from Henry E. Huntington to Charles F. Crocker, 1892 June 28; memo giving names of incorporators of the Kentucky & Ohio Bridge Co. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington debt to Collis P. Huntington and Arabella Huntington, Chesapeake & Nashville Railroad shares, steel plant in Kentucky, Ohio & Big Sandy Railroad, Epes Randolph, Kentucky Central Railroad, machine shop, San Francisco street railways, Southern Pacific Co., Collis P. Huntington's finances, Market Street Railway stock.
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Ephemera - Pasadena
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Dedication of the Palomar Observatory and the Hale Telescope: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), June 3, 1948. Printed at the Grabhorn Press.
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S.S. Peru: capacities of holds, bunkers, stores, etc
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"S.S. Peru: Capacities of Holds, Bunkers, Stores, Etc."--title at bottom of sheet. "1/6" = 1 foot"--scale given at the bottom of the drawing. Hand drawn on vellum. This sheet has four tables giving the capacities for storage of cargo, water, coal and the cubic feet of rooms; also drawn is a simplified profile of the Peru showing the cargo holds. "Union Iron Works, Shipyard, June 30, 1892, Drawer No., Job No."--purple stamp, lower right corner, date in ms., in ink. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5437s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. The Peru operated for Pacific Mail between 1892 and 1919; built for PMSSCO by Union Iron Works in 1891-92; she was the second Pacific Mail vessel to carry this name. Focus of item: Peru (1892-1919).
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William Mahl letters to Henry E. Huntington
Manuscripts
Enclosures: 1892 July 29 letter had letter from Collis P. Huntington to F.S. Douty, 1892 July 29; 1895 February 5 letter had letter from Mahl to the National Hollow Brake Beam Co., 1895 February 4; 1896 March letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1896 March 5 and letter from Douty to Mahl, 1896 March 11; 1897 January 21 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles A. Dean, 1897 January 21; 1897 February 23 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles F. Crocker, 1897 February 24; 1897 December 28 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to E.C. Wright, 1897 December 28; 1898 March 15 letter had copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Mahl, 1892 July 21; printed circular showing Sterlingworth rolled steel brake beam; several newspaper clippings re: use of electricity on railroad lines; copy of letter from Mahl to Crocker, 1897 January 30; Report on Operations of Southern Pacific Coast Railway, 1892-1896; copy of letter from Mahl to Wright, 1897 December 18; Southern Pacific Co. Lines condensed Statement...for 5 months ending November 30, 1897; copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1898 March 12; account of T.J. Wilson for Right-of-way purchases for Southern California Motor Road, 1898 June 18; copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Subjects: coal interests in Vancouver, Pacific Improvement Co., coal for Central Pacific Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Houston & Texas Central Railroad, Collis P. Huntington properties.
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California Citrus Fairs & Exhibitions, 1880-1933
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Consists of: promotional print of display at "Pasadena's 1st Citrus Fruit Fair, March 24, 1880" (Coleman & Dickey) and print of the entrance to the "Redlands Exhibit State Citrus Fair, Los Angeles, March 10th 1891" (supplement to the "Orange Belt," Alessandro, Calif.) ; 5 citrus fair admission tickets, 1886, 1888, and two additional pieces of 1886 fair ephemera; 1886 Southern California Citrus Fair circular; Growers' Institute program, June 9-12, 1931; "National Orange Show San Bernardino California, Feb. 17-27, 1927" (program); "National Orange Show! San Bernardino California" (1933 program).
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