Embedded Files
City of Murray and Calloway County Photograph Collection
City of Murray and Calloway County Photograph Collection
MS12-01 includes many images of local roads, railways, and river transportation links as they developed from the late 19th century on.
Visitors pose on and next to a derailed train in the 1920s. Even after the invention of the automobile, trains continued to be the fastest and cheapest way to travel long distances well into the 20th century.
City of Murray and Calloway County Photograph Collection: MS 12-01, Box 8, File 36.
A crowd swarms one of the first automobiles in the Jackson Purchase Region in 1917. Elmus Beale owned the Model T Ford pictured here and operated the first automobile dealership in Calloway County.
City of Murray and Calloway County Photograph Collection: MS 12-01, Box 1, File 15.
A ferry carrying passengers and automobiles across a river, date unknown. Ferries provided transport across rivers and other bodies of water before bridges were built in the 20th century.
City of Murray and Calloway County Photograph Collection: MS 12-01, Box 2, File 44.
Brooks Bus Line Records
Brooks Bus Line Records
Brooks Bus Line shuttled generations of Kentuckians north to the booming automotive plants in Detroit from 1938 to 1970. MS87-06 consists of original and photocopied materials related to its operations, such as legal documents, contracts, business records associated with interstate regulations, tariffs, rates, and charges, and technical notes on bus specifications. The collection includes a history of the company, data, and photographs.
A fleet of taxis belonging to the Radio Cab Co. in Paducah, KY, around the 1950s or 1960s. Taxi services are still important in many rural communities, especially for those without a driver's license or vehicle.
Brooks Bus Line Records: MS 87-06, Box 1, File 3.
Rothrock, Murdock, and Roark Family Papers
MS20-05 constains papers relating to various businesses, including those serving the railroad industry.
A schedule for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1928-29.
Rothrock, Murdock, and Roark Family Papers: MS 20-05, Box 2, File 6.
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