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Title
Handbook from the Balloon Route Excursion Company
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a souvenir handbook from the Balloon Route Excursion Company, [s.d.]. There is a photograph of a railroad car at center, adorned with a sign that reads "Balloon Route Excursion Car". It is crowded with people looking out the windows, and several workers are standing outside. Around the oval picture are drawings depicting palm trees and a boat. Above the photograph is the title "Balloon Route Excursion Souvenir", and below is the caption "Official Monthly Handbook with Compliments of the 'Balloon Route Excursion Co.' Los Angeles, Cal".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2212
USC-0-1-1-2273 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-13039
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2212
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-13039.jpg
Subject
Advertising
Street-railroads
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Balloon Route Excursion Company
Los Angeles--Ephemera
Railroad features
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
13039 [Accession number]
CHS-13039 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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