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RR Scrapbook with Woodrow Wilson Signature Railroad Conductor's Scrapbook with Woodrow Wilson Signa

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RR Scrapbook with Woodrow Wilson Signature  Railroad Conductor's Scrapbook with Woodrow Wilson Signa
<B> Railroad Conductor's Scrapbook with Woodrow Wilson Signature.</B></I> Approximately 30 pages, 9.25" x 12.0", 1923-1926. Contents are primarily official typed instructions and timetables. The final page is pasted with a card bearing "<I>Woodrow Wilson</B></I> in pencil. Loose binding, browning, small edge splits. Good condition. In 1926 Southern Railway Conductor J. Knight's professional moment had arrived with an assignment to convey President Coolidge from Washington to Miami. This scrapbook documents the trip and another trek carrying Coolidge to a hunting lodge in Rapid City, South Dakota. Knight and his crew of porters made the papers and were justly proud of participating in history. Included with the scrapbook above are a few news clippings and 25 loose black and white snapshots relevant to both trips. Of greatest interest are several images showing Knight's African American porters standing before Pullman car. The images, although curled and lightly browned, are in Fine condition.