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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: Guides (Railway)
Catalogue reference: ZLIB 18
What's it about?
ZLIB 18
Official and commercial publications on railways. 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 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records Office library: Guides (Railway)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Official and commercial publications on railways.
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 18
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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)
- 164 volume(s)
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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/C14710/
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