California History. The Magazine of the California Historical Society
1991 · San Francisco
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1991 Spring issue, 1991, Volume LXX, No. 1. Quarto. 140pp. Well-illustrated throughout with vintage photographs, reproductions (some in full color), maps, etc. Stiff pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. This issue is devoted entirely to railroads. Two of the seven articles include, Railroads in the History of California and the Far West with an introduction by Richard J. Orsi, and The Paper Trail of the Iron Horse: The California State Railroad Museum Library by Blaine Peterson Lamb and Ellen Halteman Schwartz. Includes an extremely informative section, Checklist of Major Collections, California State Railroad Museum, outlining each of the collections at the Museum.. (Inventory #: 7969)