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Items associated with name 'Pennsylvania Railroad'
Joseph Phillips collection
by Phillips, Joseph (1839 – 1907)
12 folders (0.12 linear feet)
This genealogical collection includes the Phillips family papers along with a small portion of material dealing with area life such as a Pennsylvania Railroad Timetable. Also includes a photocopy of the farming and business account ledger of the family from Hebron, Maryland, 1920-1929.
Kent Griffith Collection
by Griffith, Kent (1868 – 1998)
6 cartons, 5 oversize folders (10.5 linear feet)
The Kent Griffith Collection consists of extensive documentation of railways on and near Delmarva, including (but not limited to) the Eastern Shore Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and New York, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk Railroad from the 1800s to the 1990s. While the collection includes Griffith's research notes and correspondence, as well as photographs he took and collected, the railroad memorabilia that Griffith collected was thorough and diverse. These documents include pass cards, time tables, employee timebooks, papers from a railroad employee TC Hurst, a scrapbook with hundreds of early 20th century Pennsylvania Railroad technical and safety memos, shipping and freight tags and receipts, detailed track charts and maps, and more.
Penn Central Train Collision Photo Collection
by Unknown (1970s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains various photographs of a two-train collision. The area and date are unknown, however the two trains are labeled Penn Central 7166, and 7162. The Department of Transportation archives do not indicate these numbers in a train collision. It is possible that the trains collided prior or after the collapse of the Penn Central Railroad company.
Salisbury and Pocomoke Ephemera
by Unknown (1930s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection contains various ephemera from Salisbury and Pocomoke, Maryland in the 1930s, including: two Tilghman Fertilizers booklets, a program for the Peninsula General Hospital, two receipts for the Shawen Inn, a booklet of parlor games, and a Good Friday broadside for the Pennsylvania Railroad.