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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Sketch 2 Scope and Content 2 Series Notes 2 Series I: Passenger Trains 4 Series II: Ephemera 4 Series III: Informational Material 4 Series IV: Miscellaneous 4 Series V: Journals/Newsletters 5 Series VI: Postcards 5 Series VII: Photographs 8 Appendix 9 MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 1

2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John E. Lynn was a General Passenger Agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad office located in Kansas City. He worked for the railroad company in excess of 40 years. He was born May 11, 1882 in Iowa. His father was a native of Sweden and his mother was born in Iowa. The 1930 census shows John married to Agnes V. Lynn, with two children: John N., age 16 and Elizabeth L., age 7. At that time they were living in Minneapolis, MN. SCOPE AND CONTENT The J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection contains material related to railroading, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) line in particular. Inclusive dates are 1896 to 1960; however, the bulk of the material is concentrated during the period of 1930 to 1954, a time when the streamlining of railroad transportation was on the rise. In addition to promotional packets, there are postcards, photographs, tickets and railroad timetables. Much emphasis is placed on the newly developed Zephyr and Dome Train. There are miscellaneous booklets and flyers, including travel brochures and labor union rules and regulations. The material is informative and nostalgic, with images that recall a time when train travel was luxurious, romantic and affordable. Little is known regarding the provenance of the J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection or Lynn himself. SERIES NOTES Series I: Passenger Trains Series I is located in box 1, folders 1-7. It contains promotional material related to the introduction of the various contemporary passenger trains. Most material dates into the 1950s and contains information on the California Zephyr, General Pershing, Zephyr, Kansas City Zephyr, Pioneer Zephyr, Silver Streak Zephyr and the Twin Cities Zephyr. Included are press kits, booklets, flyers and souvenir tickets. Photographs originally enclosed with the packets for the Kansas City Zephyr and the American Royal Zephyr are housed with Series VI. Series II: Ephemera / Memorabilia Series II is located in box 1, folders It contains miscellaneous railroad tickets and passes, some of which date back to 1896; railroad timetables and schedules; menus, programs and publications, and assorted ephemera. Also included is a pewter scale model of the first Vista Dome Car from Series III: Informational Material Series III is located in box 2, folders 1-4. It includes railroad history, souvenir booklets and flyers, and travel brochures and booklets. Series IV: Miscellaneous Series IV is located in box 2, folders 5-8. Folder 5 contains various booklets on Labor Union constitution and bylaws. Folder 6 relates to court cases and legal petitions, including Kansas Pacific Railway Company vs. Jerome Kunkle, and a brief by B.F. Stringfellow that would hold MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 2

3 unconstitutional donations to railroad companies to aid in the construction of their roads. Folder 7 contains an Address on Public Service by P.S. Eustis, Passenger Traffic Manager for the Burlington Route, dated April Folder 8 has one item of personal correspondence and miscellaneous greeting cards, plus one luncheon invitation at the Aztec Room, Hotel President. Series V: Journals / Newsletters Series V is located in box 2, folders 9 and 10 and contains miscellaneous newsletters and journal articles. Folder 9 holds Marketing News, a publication of Lee Foods, who was a service vendor for the Burlington; and The Zephyr, a publication of the Burlington Railroad. Folder 10 includes journal articles and news clippings related to railroads. Series VI: Postcards Series VI is located in box 2, folder 11, and contains 58 postcards, mostly of trains, in color, black and white, and black and white photographic format (picture postcards). Series VII: Photographs Series VII is located in box 3 and consists of 69 black-and-white (or sepia) images. Photos 1-18 are mostly 8x10 images (photos were originally located with the promotional packets for the Kansas City Zephyr and the American Royal Zephyr, found in Series I); photos are snapshot size. MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 3

4 CONTAINER LIST SERIES I: PASSENGER TRAINS 1 1 California Zephyr 2 General Pershing Zephyr 3 Kansas City Zephyr [1 of 2] 4 Kansas City Zephyr [2 of 2] 5 Pioneer Zephyr 6 Silver Streak Zephyr 7 Twin Cities Zephyr SERIES II: EPHEMERA / MEMORABILIA 1 8 Railroad Tickets and Passes [Note: Includes separate scrapbook of tickets and passes, housed between folders 8 and 9] 9 Timetables 10 Schedules 11 Menus/Programs 12 Chicago Railroad Fair 13 Miscellaneous Ephemera 14 Notes on the Missouri River Bridge at Kansas City [Pewter Scale Model of the first Vista Dome Car, 1945] Located in box 2 SERIES III: INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL 2 1 Railroad History 2 Souvenir Booklets 3 Booklets/Flyers 4 Travel Brochures/Booklets SERIES IV: MISCELLANEOUS 2 5 Labor Union 6 Court Litigation 7 Address by P.S. Eustis 8 Correspondence/Greeting Cards MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 4

5 SERIES V: JOURNALS / NEWSLETTERS 2 9 Newsletters 2 10 Journal Articles / News Clippings SERIES VI: POSTCARDS Burlington Route: Vista-Dome Zephyrs, twice daily between Chicago, Kansas City, St. Joseph 2 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Railroad Company: Zinc Swelting Division of St. Joseph Lead Company, Josephtown, Pennsylvania; from original painting by Howard Fogg 3 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Campbell Works of The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Youngstown, Ohio 4 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: The Christmas Season arrives at Gateway Yard 5 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Mesta Machine Company, Homestead, Pennsylvania; from original painting by Howard Fogg 6 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: [Christmas scene] 7 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & lake Erie Railroad Company: Lowellville Works, Sharon Steel Corporation, across Mahoning River from east end of Gateway Yard, near Youngstown, Ohio 8 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Pittsburgh Steel Company at Monessen, Pennsylvania 9 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: P&LE Train No. 274, the "Morning Steel King", Cleveland-Pittsburgh, passing Phillips Power Station, Duquesne Light Co., South Heights, Pennsylvania 10 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Edgar Thomson Works, The United States Steel Corporation, Braddock, Pennsylvania 11 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Industrial switching on Ohio River Branch at Kabuta Works of Koppers Company; from original painting by Howard Fogg 12 Burlington Route: Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair 13 Northern Pacific: the Streamlined North Coast Limited in the Western Montana Rockies MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 5

6 Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line: At Bismarck, North Dakota's magnificient Capitol building may be seen from Northern Pacific trains 15 Northern Pacific: Timberline Lodge, magnificent mountain skiing resort, is near Portland on the Northern Pacific Railway 16 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: College Curve along Beaver River, west of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; from the original painting by Howard Fogg 17 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Ohio Works, United States Steel Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio; from original painting by Howard Fogg Arrow, Colorado on the Moffat Road; published by Thayer Publishing Company Yankee Doodle, Lake Moffat Road, Colorado; published by Thayer Publishing Company East from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road, Colorado; published by Great Western Post Card Company Summit of Rollins Pass, Moffat Road, Colorado; published by Great Western Post Card Company 22 Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line: Gates of the Rocky Mountains, near Helena, Montana 23 Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line: Wheat field in North Dakota's famed Red River Valley 24 Northern Pacific: Floating Bridge across Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington 25 Northern Pacific: Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho 26 Chicago and North Western Line: A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Loveridge Mine of the Consolidation Coal Company, near Fairview, W. VA., served by The Monongahela Railway, an affiliate of The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; from original painting by Howard Fogg 28 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Beaver Station and Ohio River Bridge, in December, 1949; from original painting by Howard Fogg 29 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Industrial scene along the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad; from original painting by Howard Fogg 30 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Blast Furnaces of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company, Brier Hill Works, Youngstown, Ohio 31 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Mine run pickup service, Banning No. 2 colliery, Republic Steel Corporation, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 6

7 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Extra west picks up at Aliquippa Yard. Blast furnaces and ore and limestone stockpiles of Jones & Loughlin Steel Corporation in background 33 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Night scene at throat of Gateway Yard, near Youngstown, Ohio 34 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad company: West portal of tunnel under Pittsburgh Works, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation; from original painting by Howard Fogg 35 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Mills of the Homestead District Works of United States Steel Corporation, surround the main line; from original painting by Howard Fogg 36 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Blast Furnaces of The Republic Steel Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio 37 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: P&LE Train No. 273 "Afternoon Steel King", Pittsburgh-Cleveland, passing Phillips Power Station, Duquesne Light Co., South Heights, Pennsylvania 38 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Blast Furnaces of The National Tube Division, The United States Steel Corporation, McKeesport, Pennsylvania 39 Burlington Route: Giants of Speed and Power at A Century of Progress - The Royal Scot, The Burlington Train, & The Pride of the Prairies 40 Burlington Route: 50 Years of Progress in Burlington Locomotives, [1932] 41 Burlington Route: Progress on the Burlington 42 Burlington Route: Burlington Zephyr at a Century of Progress Exposition, Burlington Route: 100th Anniversary, Burlington Route: Burlington Zephyr at a Century of Progress Exposition, Burlington Route: Seventy years of progress in the railway Post Office 46 New York Central System, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company: Christmas mail, 1907, Stoops Perry, Pennsylvania 47 Burlington Route: Twin Zephyrs, Now Twice a Day for the Twin Cities, Chicago to St. Paul-Minneapolis 48 Burlington Route: Advance Zephyrs between Chicago and Denver 49 Overland Route, Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific: The Streamliner, "City of San Francisco" crossing Great Salt Lake, Utah MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 7

8 Burlington Route: Lover's Lane, Saint Joseph, Missouri; includes poem entitled Lover's Lane, Saint Jo. 51 Colorado and Southern #5; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 52 Colorado and Southern #9; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 53 Colorado and Southern #8; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 54 Colorado and Southern #65 and another unidentified locomotive; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 55 Colorado and Southern #73; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 56 Colorado and Southern #58; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 57 Colorado and Southern #68; image by G. M. Best (Railroad Photographic Club, Allston Railroad Photographs, 47 Royal St., Allston, Massachusetts) 58 N.W.R.R. Harcourt, Iowa SERIES VII: PHOTOGRAPHS An inventory of the photograph collection is accessible through an in-house database. Contact Special Collections with specific questions or for more information. MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 8

9 APPENDIX Forms part of the J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 50 Years of Transportation, , St. Louis Union Station and St. Louis / Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis SpecColl Snyder q TF302.S2 T Annual Report / Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf Railroad Company; Port Arthur Route SpecColl Snyder q HE2791.K36 (1899) Annual Report / Kansas City Southern Railway SpecColl Snyder q HE2791.K3 (1901, 1903, , ) Are Railroad Workers Featherbedding?: An Address / Oliver, Eli SpecColl Snyder HD4966.R12 O Automation in the Railroad Industry; the Twentieth Century Challenge to Management and Labor / Kennedy, William Parker SpecColl Snyder HE2741.K Before the Presidential Commission Established by Executive Order to Investigate and Inquire into Rules and Practices Governing the Assignment and Compensation of Railroad Operating Employees SpecColl Snyder HD8039.R1 B The Burlington in Nebraska: Address / Holden, Hale SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C643 H Burlington Presents the Vista Dome: An Entirely New Idea in Train Travel--Offers You Penthouse View / Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder HE2791. C643 B Burlington's New 12 Car Denver Zephyrs: America's Distinctive Trains SpecColl Snyder TF25.C47 B The California Zephyr SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C643 C The California Zephyr: daily between Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C643 C Chicago-Aurora Centennial, / Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder q HE2791.C643 C The Cody Road to Yellowstone Park / Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 9

10 SpecColl Snyder F722.C Colorado, the Perfect Vacationland / Burlington Route SpecColl Snyder F781.C Dissent to Report of the Presidential Railroad Commission / Zimmerman, A.F. SpecColl Snyder HD5325.R1 Z The Doorway to Better Things / Switchmen's Union of North America SpecColl Snyder HD8039.R4 S z Dude Ranches, Big Horn Mountains / Burlington Route SpecColl Snyder GV W8 D Forest Tree Culture on Kansas Prairies: an Argument in Favor of a More General Cultivation of Useful Forest Trees upon the Prairie Farms of Kansas: Together with Specific Directions Concerning the Kinds of Trees Adapted to the Soil and the Proper Methods of Planting and Cultivation / Kern, Maximilian G. SpecColl Snyder SD398.K2 K From Ox Teams to Eagles: a History of the Texas Pacific Railway / Texas & Pacific Railway SpecColl Snyder HE2791. T4 T4 The General Motors Train of Tomorrow SpecColl Snyder HE2791.G36 G Grand Canyon Outings: [Santa Fe Pullmans to the rim] / Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company SpecColl Snyder F788.A Map of the United States (geographically correct) / Union Pacific Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder HE2791.U55 M Mineral Wealth: Kansas in the Friscobelt / Frisco Lines, St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. SpecColl Snyder TN24.K2 M Modern Travel by Pullman: Is an Adventure in Modern Gracious Living SpecColl Snyder q TF457.M Nebraska, the Great Wheat, Corn, Dairying, Stock and Fruit Country / Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder F666.C The Ozark Mountain Region of Missouri and Arkansas as it Appears along the Line of the Kansas City Southern Railway / Kansas City Southern Railway MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 10

11 SpecColl Snyder HC107.A165 K Pacific Northwest and Alaska / Union Pacific Railroad SpecColl Snyder F852.2.P Pennsylvania Railroad Presents: A Fleet of Modernism / Pennsylvania Railroad SpecColl Snyder HE2791.P4 P The Pennsylvania Railroad: Serving You through Progress in Transportation SpecColl Snyder HE2791.P4 P A Pioneering Railroad, its First Century: Chicago and North Western System since 1848 / Koval, Francis V. SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C632 K The Railroad Situation Today: address / Holden, Hale SpecColl Snyder TF505.H Railroads 100 Years Old, : a List of Names of Railroads which were Chartered and Built in the United States between the Years 1845 and 1855 / Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Railway Economics Library SpecColl Snyder TF23.A Ranch Life, Buffalo Bill Country, Wyoming SpecColl Snyder GV W8 R Second Printed Draft, Revised Ordinance: Proposed by Joint Union Station Committee of the Common Council of Kansas City: Providing for Vacation of Certain Streets and Alleys, for the Construction and Maintenance of a Union Passenger Station, Viaducts and Subways at Street Crossings, and the Abolishment of Grade Crossings / Kansas City (Mo.) Common Council Joint Union Station Committee SpecColl Snyder TF302.K3 J Seventy Years of Service, from Grant to Gorman / Nevins, Frank J. SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C Souvenir of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and Associated Lines; Published for the Occasion of A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago / Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder HE2791.C643 C A Thousand Miles on the Picturesque Baltimore & Ohio: New York to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis SpecColl Snyder F106.T MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 11

12 Twin Zephyrs for the Twin Cities: Chicago-St. Paul, Minneapolis SpecColl Snyder TF25.C47 T Union Pacific Railroad: a Brief History / Union Pacific Railroad Company SpecColl Snyder HE2791.U55 U The Union Pacific Story SpecColl Snyder HE2791.U55 U Why Penalize Rail Workers?: an Address / Meany, George SpecColl Snyder HD8039.R1 M Yosemite and the High Sierra / Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company SpecColl Snyder F868.Y6 A z Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Kaibab National Forest SpecColl Snyder F832.Z8 U MS32-J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection 12

COPYRIGHT: The Arizona Historical Society owns the copyright to this collection.

COPYRIGHT: The Arizona Historical Society owns the copyright to this collection. TITLE: Arizona Historical Foundation Postcard Collection DATE RANGE: 1900s- 1980s CALL NUMBER: FP FPC #3 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 5.5 linear feet (10 boxes) PROVENANCE: Collection of vintage postcards from