Sacramento History Online

[Railroads - Locomotives - Billheads]

[Sacramento, Calif.? : s.n.]

1888

1 billhead : col. ill. ; 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.

Brown, Edward (23), Railroad locomotives (53), Sacramento (Calif.) (782)

Billheads (16), Book illustrations (89)

This billhead from W. R. Strong & Co. illustrates the strong connection between the railroad and the produce growers in the Sacramento Valley. Detail on the 1888 receipt states that the company was established in 1852 and that the name directly behind the locomotive is "Pomona".

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