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[Maiden Run of "Pennsylvania Special"]

Description: Heading out of the old Exchange Place Station in Jersey City, a spindly Atlantic type 4-4-2 locomotive and four de luxe coaches begin the maiden run of the "Pennsylvania Special" in June of 1902. Twenty hours and 912 miles later she will enter Chicago having given birth to a new era in passenger travel. On that same day in June the New York Central Railroad's "Twentieth Century Limited" also went into service. By 1929 all of the Pennsy's Atlantics had given way to the famed K4s Pacifics on f… more
Date: June 1902
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and Camden.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey streets names, wards, public institutions, centennial exhibitions grounds, railroads, colleges, cemeteries, docks, ferries, bridges, military facilities, and major buildings. Scale [ca. 1:25,000].
Date: 1872
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and Camden.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey streets names, wards, public institutions, centennial exhibitions grounds, railroads, colleges, cemeteries, docks, ferries, bridges, military facilities, and major buildings. Scale [ca. 1:25,000].
Date: 1875
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from the Walt Whitman Cultural Center to Sterling Houston - November 15, 1995]

Description: Letter from someone at the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, INC. to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Though it has been signed at the bottom, it is difficult to read with certainty. The note informs Sterling that items have been enclosed regarding Essex and suggests that he send them to the appropriate people.
Date: November 15, 1995
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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