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Description

Approximately 218 photographs, most  3 X 4 in. (good contrast); 9 X 13 in.album, lite brown speckled hard boards with spine. This album formally belonged to the family of  Ralph Blaisdell (1864-1949) a Railroad executive for a number of Western railway companies and later in life with the Florida East Coast Railway while living here in my hometown of Saint Augustine,Florida.  This album covers his and his families’ travels and activities during the late 19th century to the first part of the 20th century (1913) when he was working for the AT&SF railroad.( Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway).
 

 


There are several railway related photos in this wonderful album.














Ralph Blaisdell, born 23 August 1864 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died 26 June 1949 in St. Augustine, Florida.






ref: inside container 55