Language: No linguistic content / Names: Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The rail flyer arrived in East Los Angeles station from Omaha three minutes ahead of schedule on its run of 33 hours and 45 minutes.
Date:: October 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William Averell Harriman succeeded his father, E.H. Harriman, in the rail industry, and would eventually become the governor of New York.
Date:: January 24, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times articles, "Record-Smashing Run of Streamline Train Tomorrow to Write Railroad History: Covered Wagon Trail Will See Speed Demon: Old and Colorful Chapter in Romance of Transportation to End as Blunt-Nosed Arrow Darts Out Into Night," 27 Oct. 1934: A4; "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run Test: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company's New Speed Equipment," 20 Oct. 1934: A1; “Tomorrow’s ‘Iron Horse’ Draws Throng: Rail Rocket Off Tonight: Union Pacific’s Streamliner Speedster To Start Sixty-Hour Trip to New York at 10 o’Clock,” 22 Oct. 1934: A2; “Rail Chiefs Ride New Flyer: Streamline Train Here To Make Test Run East: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company’s New Speed Equipment,” 20, Oct. 1934: A1.
Date:: October 22, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run East," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct 1934: A1.
Date:: October 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Later in life, W. Averell Harriman would eventually become governor of New York, and served several foreign diplomatic positions as a core member of "the wise men" foreign policy makers for presidents FDR and Truman.
Date:: October 19, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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