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Life and times of the Central Pacific Railroad / [edited by David F. Myrick].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Patricia J., author.
- Kraus, George, author.
- Farrar, Lynn, D., author.
- Hansen, Ralph W., author.
- Bliss, Carey S., author.
- Wurm, Ted, 1919-2004, author.
- Dillon, Richard H., author.
- Series:
- Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1969.
- Keepsakes ; 1969
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--History--Sources.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company.
- Narrow gauge railroads--California--History--19th century--Sources.
- Narrow gauge railroads.
- Pacific railroads--History--19th century--Sources.
- Pacific railroads.
- History.
- California.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- History.
- Sources.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Slipcases (Binding)
- Keepsakes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 portfolio (12 folded sheets) : color illustrations, facsimiles (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
- Manufacture:
- San Francisco : Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.
- Other Title:
- Title from slipcase spine: Central Pacific life & times
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, [1969]
- Summary:
- Documents showing various facets of the Central Pacific Railroad, plans, publicity, robbery, and the Golden Spike.
- Contents:
- no. 1. Contract and Finance Company
- no. 2. Poster: $100 currency $65
- no. 3. Dutch Flat route
- no. 4. Poster: Australia, China and Japan
- no. 5. The Rose Bud letter
- no. 6. The Hewes receipt
- no. 7. Poster: Great American overland route
- no. 8. An invitation and menu, Central Pacific Railroad, Sacramento
- no. 9. The "Goat Island Grab"
- no. 10. Nelson railroad guide, 1871
- no. 11. The Clipper Gap holdup
- no. 12. Poster: C.P.R.R. time schedule.
- Notes:
- Issued in slipcase.
- "This is Number One[-Twelve] of twelve Keepsakes issued during 1969 to its members by The Book Club of California in commemoration of the centennial of the transcontinental railroad. The series has been edited by David F. Myrick and designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy."--Colophon of each folder.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1336 K.") in pencil on page [1] of number 1.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy without portfolio or slip case; housed in manila envelope with manuscript title ("BCC LIFE & TIMES OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD 1969").
- Cited in:
- Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXXIII (page 55-56)
- Contains:
- Contract and Finance Company. 1
- Poster: $100 currency $65. 2
- Dutch Flat route. 3
- Poster: Australia, China and Japan. 4
- The Rose Bud letter. 5
- The Hewes receipt. 6
- Poster: Great American overland route. 7
- An invitation and menu, Central Pacific Railroad, Sacramento, 1869. 8
- The "Goat Island Grab." 9
- Nelson railroad guide, 1871. 10
- The Clipper Gap holdup. 11
- Poster: C.P.R.R. time schedule. 12
- OCLC:
- 109844
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