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Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Car Windows
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Car windows are rectangular in shape with blinds and are different sizes.

Title: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. Rules For the Running of trains
Date: 1852?
Description: Handbook for the running of trains in the early 1850s for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

Title: Russian Expedionary Forces
Date: 1919-01-31
Description: "Yanks of the Russian Expedionary [SIC] Forces./Major General V. Ironsides (British Army) Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expedionary Forces in Northern Russia is above shown inspecting a detachment of United States Regulars under his command. This remarkable photograph, one of the first to be published, where the troops were enjoying a 10-day rest period, after intense campaigning along the

Title: Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Date: 1919
Description: "Holders of Congressional Medal of Honor Ask Release of War Prisoners./A group of World War veterans representing almost one half million ex-service men who participated in the World War, many of whom bear the scars of battle appeal to President Harding to release those prisoners now in Federal prisons who are convicted of opposing the War./Photo shows L to R Berger Loman, Chicago, John J. Kelly, Chicago, N.M. Halderman, G.H. Mallon, Minnesota, Clayton K. Slack, Lampson, Wis. and Sam Preber."

Title: National Guard Encamped on the Border
Date: 1916-07-06
Description: "General view of the encampment of the 9th Infantry; Massachusetts National Guard near El Paso, Texas." There are piles of lumber, made and unmade beds, soldiers seated working or standing and speaking to one another, and large groups of soldiers lined up in the background of the photo.

Title: Fifth and Sixth Marines Returning
Date: 1919-08
Description: "Fifth and Sixth Marines Returning on George Washington./Members of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments of Marines "Leathernecks" tickled to death to see Hoboken, N. J. once more after their famous service in France - Photographed as transport George Washington approached pier - Carried 139 officers and 3,714 enlisted men./Photo of George Washington arriving with Marines."

Title: Electric Fence Around Radio Plant
Date: 1917-03-09
Description: "Barbed Wire Fence Charged With High Current Surrounds Country's Largest Radio Plant./Seven foot barbed wire fence which surrounds country's largest radio plant at Challos Heights near San Diego, Calif./Photo also shows U.S. soldier on guard, one of the detachment that patrols the grounds of the station day and night./The plant is the largest station in the United States. The towers are over 600 feet in height. Messages from this plant have been sent to Berlin and received from that city./Washington recently ordered that the station be carefully guarded and a barbed wire fence seven feet high was erected around the grounds. The wire is charged with 30,000 volts. In addition to this effective barrier the plant is guarded day and night by the U.S. Soldiers. No one is permitted entrance to the station or surrounding territory unless properly identified and vouched for."

Title: Field Communication
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of a portable communication machine in the field during the war. The machine is receiving service. There are many soldiers standing around the machine, and they're smoking cigarettes as they work on the mechanics.

Title: Attack on Cantigny
Date: 1918-08-31
Description: "A Picture of Our Boys in Action That Will Live in History./"Attaque et prise de Cantigny par les troupes Americaines: un vague d'assaut soutenue par les tanks."/That is the French official description of the photo shown above showing the beginning of the attack upon Cantigny, where American troops early in the summer campaign began to make their mark. It gives a vivid idea of real conditions in action."

Title: Machine Gun School
Date: 1918-09-20
Description: "A remarkable photo taken at night at a Machine gun school. The Tommies are firing while a mine explodes before their eyes." Boches, or German Soldiers, often dropped high explosive charges.

Title: M-606 Patton, Samuel N. California Gold Rush Letter
Date: 1852-04-21
Description: This letter, dated April 21, 1852, was written by former Philadelphia resident Samuel N. Patton. Writing to a friend from Rich Gulch in Calaveras County, Patton describes his experience moving to California to be a miner, traveling through the boomtown of San Francisco and the varying landscape of the region. He also describes meetings with friends and his views on gold fever. The letter offers a

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash)
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Side view of the "City of Kansas City", the Wabash's newest ACF streamliner, as it heads for open country and leaves St. Louis on its speedy 278-mile journey.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash)
Date: 1947-11
Description: Rear view of "City of Kansas City" diner car

Title: "City of Kansas City" Ash Tray/Cupholder
Date: Circa 1947
Description: These were utilized in many cars on the "City of Kansas City" for passenger convenience. It is branded by Wabash on the base.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash)
Date: Circa 1947
Description: A view of a train car's undercarriage on the "City of Kansas City"

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash)
Date: Circa 1947
Description: A view from a train car entrance all the way down the aisle.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Coach
Date: 1947-11
Description: Close-up of the inside of a coach car of the "City of Kansas City"

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash)
Date: Circa 1947
Description: A close-up of the front of a car with a headlight and the "City of Kansas City" logo.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Coach-Buffet
Date: 1947-11
Description: View of the back of "City of Kansas City" coach-buffet car #1525. Mirrors are on both sides of the door.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Coach-Buffet
Date: 1947-11
Description: Close-up shot of an empty coach-buffet.

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