Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Visual Materials
Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, showing railroad routes of the Michigan Central and Great Western Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette in the lower left corner of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and an inset map in the lower right corner of the Western United States showing railroad routes and titled, "Map between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean"; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions including an image of a freight car for the Great Central Route's Blue Line, and timetables.
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Visual Materials
Image of a map of Texas and bordering states showing the route and connecting lines of the Texas & Pacific Railway, with an inset map in the upper right corner of most of the continental United States, Mexico, and Cuba, and an inset in the lower right corner of a black and white photograph captioned, “Harvest scene on line of the Texas & Pacific Railway in Texas,” with men on mule-driven farm equipment in a field; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, railroad timetables and promotional descriptions.
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Visual Materials
Image of a coast-to-coast map of the middle portion of the United States showing the railroad routes of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad and connecting lines from Quincy, Illinois, to San Francisco, California; map verso contains fold-up map covers and panels with promotional descriptions and timetables.
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Visual Materials
Image of a map of the eastern United States showing the routes of the Great Southern railroad line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and connecting lines, with an inset map of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, showing railroad connections; map verso contains panels with printed promotional descriptions and timetables; fold-up map.
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Rare Books
A prospectus to sell Railway Company land along their right of way. Also isotherms showing the limits for growing wheat, naturally well above their right of way, and a sub map showing the ease of world wide distribution with Puget Sound as the port of exit. Sub map: Polar projection showing steam ship routes; Profile of the Northern Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads.. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128063.
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Visual Materials
Image of a map of the United States showing the railroad routes from Kansas to California and Mexico of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and connecting lines; map verso contains panels with railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, and fold-up map covers with images of a grenadier soldier holding a sword and charging across the country in a helmet with a locomotive head lamp and billowing smoke stack, and a view of a steam locomotive approaching on tracks inset among palm trees.
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