Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
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 section of the United States showing the railroad route from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and connecting lines, in one half of a sheet with promotional text including an advertisement for the sale of the railroad's land in Iowa, and vignettes of a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, a vignette of the exterior of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, and a vignette of the exterior of the railroad's Chicago passenger station; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions and timetables of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
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Visual Materials
Image of a poster with promotional text and timetable for the Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center wood-engraved image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad lines and a wood-engraved vignette in the lower part of the poster of a cross section of the "Palace Dining Car" showing the interior of the car with passengers eating and being served by African-American waiters.
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Visual Materials
Image of a poster with promotional text and timetable for the Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center wood engraved image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad lines and a wood engraved vignette in the lower part of the poster of a cross section of the "Palace Dining Car" showing the interior of the car with passengers eating and being served by African-American waiters.
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Visual Materials
Image of a poster advertising a route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center image of a man reclining in a railroad passenger car in a chair with an extended leg rest and gazing out the window at clouds containing a small image of a soldier and the writing, "A man"; the car's rug has the monogram "CRP."
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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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Image of a map of most of the continental United States showing the railroad routes of the Chicago & North-Western Railway from Chicago, Illinois to California, with the "Lines and Mileage of Road owned by the Chicago & North-Western Railway Co." printed in the upper right; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers with a vignette of the interior of a Pullman passenger car, promotional descriptions, and timetables.
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