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The birth of the travel guide
In the 19th century travel evolved from an aristocratic privilege to middle-class reality. Explore how rail guides made this possible.
Series
British Transport Historical Records Office library: Canadian and American Transport
Catalogue reference: ZLIB 14
What's it about?
ZLIB 14
These books and publications relate mainly to railway services in Canada and the United States of America. The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZLIB 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records Office library: Canadian and American Transport
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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These books and publications relate mainly to railway services in Canada and the United States of America.
The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- LIB 14
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Non record material
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 160 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14706/
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