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Gary Gelzer Transportation Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: TL005
Abstract
The Gary Gelzer Transportation Collection consists of 454 postcards, timetables, menus, and other materials related to 20th-century railroads, ships, ocean liners, and other modes of transportation. The bulk of the collection (312 items) consists of offset lithographic printed postcards.
Dates:
1905-1995; Other: Date acquired: 08/11/2010
H. H. Copeland Maps and Tables
Collection
Identifier: TL001
Abstract
The Transportation Library's collection of H. H. Copeland and Son's maps consist of 74 maps and tables on U. S. railways dating from the early 1930's to the mid 1950's. The Copeland maps consist of traffic density maps and tables on ton miles, freight density and traffic distribution and other railway related tables and calculations. H. H. Copeland and Sons were an investment house, in existence from the late 19th century to at least the mid 1950's. The company ordered the...
Dates:
1924-1956
Ira Silverman Railroad Menu Collection, 1939-1993
Collection
Identifier: TL003
Abstract
The Ira Silverman Railroad Menu Collection consists of 238 items: 227 menus and eleven pamphlets. 35 United States and Canadian railroads are represented in the collection. All menus were issued by their respective railroad.
Dates:
1939-1993; Other: Date acquired: 09/09/2009