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Piedmont Rail Road Way Bill for the Confederate States.

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Telegram on the "Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Line" from Ed F. Cullen in Washington D.C to Simon Cullen in Richmond, Virginia giving him his departure time on the P.M. train.

Scope and Contents For access to the digitized diary see "Digital Material" menu below.One diary of Julia Augusta Grassinger documenting her trip with her friend Billie from New York to attend the Chicago World's Fair, "Century of Progress International Exposition", in Illinois, 1934. The diary contains a typed account of Grassinger's trip to Chicago by train, photographs of Niagara Falls, photographs with captions of Chicago buildings and scenes from the exposition, pamphlets from the exposition,...

Scope and Contents Travel account of train trip from Watertown, Connecticut to Los Angeles, California written to the writer’s brothers and sisters, dated January 13, 1911. Description of the train ride, his experiences on the train, and the sights that he sees along the route, with historical comments written about some of them. The letter is signed “Your Brother and Sister Titus.” Travel Diary of a train trip from Los Angeles, California to Watertown, Connecticut. The writer leaves on September...