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  • | Speech

    Chicago, IL Speech 5, 1896-10-27

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Chicago, IL Speech 2, 1896-10-28

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Chicago, IL Speech 1, 1896-10-27

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Letter

    Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad post-strike report

    The C, B & Q Master Mechanic for West Burlington, Iowa, reports on the work history of several firemen and hostlers who were re-applying for work in the wake of the 1888 strike. Master Mechanic West indicated employees with hash tags (#) who should never be rehired.

  • | Letter

    Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad post-strike report

    The C, B & Q Master Mechanic for West Burlington, Iowa, reports on the work history of several engineers who were re-applying for work in the wake of the 1888 strike. Master Mechanic West indicated employees with hash tags (#) who should never be rehired.

  • | Time Table

    Chicago Great Western Railway

    The Chicago Great Western Railway's 1893 time table placed its line in the center of a globe-like image. The road stressed its comfortable "compartmented sleeping cars."

  • | Time Table

    Chicago and North-Western Railway

    The 1888 Chicago and North-Western Railway emphasized "cheap farms and free homes" in Northern Nebraska along the Elkhorn Valley, the Niobrara Valley, and into the Black Hills in South Dakota. The time table included detailed descriptions of homestead policies and land availability for immigrants and settlers.

  • | Time Table

    Chicago and North Western Railway

    The Chicago and Northwestern Railway's 1884 time table listed detailed times and maps for its extensive regional system.

  • | Time Table

    Chicago and North Western Line

    The Chicago and Northwestern Railway's 1928 time table emphasized planning "your summer vacation" to Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Yosemite, and Ranier National Parks, as well as other western mountain sites.

  • | Time Table

    Chicago and Atlantic Railway

    The Chicago and Atlantic Railway's 1886 time table emphasized its "straight line" to the East and the "smoothness and evenness" of its grade. The road used "the best of steel rails only" and boasted "three thousand oak ties to the mile."

  • | Time Table

    Chicago and Alton R.R.

    The Chicago and Alton time table stressed the regional, midwestern connections for St. Louis and Kansas City.

  • | Illustration

    Cheyenne Indians Attacking a Working Party on the Union Pacific Railroad

    This image from the September 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts Cheyenne Indians on horseback attacking a party working for the Union Pacific Railroad.

  • | Time Table

    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

    The Chesapeake and Ohio's 1885 time table featured excursion rates to "Old Point Comfort" on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Pitched to male travelers, the brochure described "nymph-like bathers" at the resort hotel and "the merry laugh of some bewitching beauty." Travelers could also take steamship to Barbados, Rio de Janiero, or Para, Brazil, at "the mouth of the Amazon." The brochure also emphasized the picturesque scences of the Alleghenies and Virginia, where Civil War battlefields could be toured. "The battle of the Seven Pines was fought near where the railway runs," the brochure explained, "and McClellan's peninsular campaign has made this entire section of Virginia interesting."

  • | Speech

    Charlotte, NC Speech, 1896-09-17

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Charleston, WV Speech, 1896-10-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Charleston, IL Speech, 1896-10-23

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Champaign, IL Speech, 1896-07-13

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Chamois, MO Speech, 1896-07-16

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Centralia, IL Speech, 1896-07-14

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—View on American River

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a train running on the Central Pacific Railroad with a view of California's American River in the distance.