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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:3/18/1904 - 3/18/1904
Album Info:Here are several vintage Pennsylvania Railroad documents spanning some 89 years. * Repaired Album *
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PRR Check, Front Side, 1879
Title:  PRR Check, Front Side, 1879
Description:  Here is the front side of check #3041 for $119.29 issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Superintendent of Transportation in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 July 1879.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 12/6/2023 5:31:03 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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PRR Check, Reverse Side, 1879
Title:  PRR Check, Reverse Side, 1879
Description:  Here is the reverse side of check #3041 for $119.29 issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Superintendent of Transportation in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 July 1879.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 12/6/2023 5:31:35 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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PRR Assistant Engineer Letter, 1904
Title:  PRR Assistant Engineer Letter, 1904
Description:  Here is the scan of a letter dated 18 March 1904 from the Pennsylvania Railroad's Middle Division Assistant Engineer G.H. Brown (in Altoona) asking J.K. McLanahan (in Hollidaysburg) to reinforce the piers of a bridge crossing the Juniata River near one of the latter's stone quarries. Mr. McLananhan's response is not recorded.
Photo Date:  3/18/1904  Upload Date: 4/22/2023 7:15:48 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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PRR Purchasing Agent Letter, 1912
Title:  PRR Purchasing Agent Letter, 1912
Description:  Here is the scan of a letter dated 20 September 1912 from the Pennsylvania Railroad's chief Purchasing Agent D.S. Newhall (in Philadelphia) asking the Juniata Limestone Company (in Hollidaysburg) about an order for "five cars Limestone Screenings." The JLC's response is not recorded. Note the inclusion of three PRR subsidiary lines.
Photo Date:  9/20/1912  Upload Date: 12/4/2023 12:18:18 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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PRR Rejection Letter, 1968
Title:  PRR Rejection Letter, 1968
Description:  Here is the rejection letter I received following an employment interview I had with a representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad when I was a senior at Penn State University. Technically speaking, the "Pennsylvania Railroad" no longer existed since the PRR-NYC merger took effect on Thursday, February 1st.
Photo Date:  2/27/1968  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 4:44:43 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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