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This demonstration train was operated by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad and the New Mexico A. & M. College in 1924. The schedule included meetings in 51 New Mexico locations over two weeks in February. The towns for the meetings and the speakers and demonstrators are listed on the flyer. The Santa Fe is providing the train and New Mexico A. & M. is providing the speakers and a livestock exhibit. Santa Fe representatives are J. D. Tinsley, Fred Hale, J. F. Jarrell, and A. M. Hove. New Mexico A. & M. professors involved with the train are O. C. Cunningham, M. C. Snell, A. L. Walker, and Fabian Garcia. College President H. L. Kent was going to be with the train part of the time.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: 1924
Item Number: 226736
Call Number: Demonstration train - oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226736
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Agriculture - Education - Colleges and universities
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Agriculture - Livestock - Pigs
Agriculture - Livestock - Poultry
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Special and excursion trains
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1920s - 1924
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Flyer
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Special & excursion trains
Type of Material - Printed materials - Flyer
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