URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/37202
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Washington, D.C., December 29, 1917. Order No. 1. Director General of Railroads, Pursuant to the order of the President of the United States, through the Secretary of War, the undersigned, as Director General of Railroads, has taken possession and assumed control of certain transportation systems described in the Proclamation of the President ... (signed) W. G. McAdoo ... Posted by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.)
Item Title Washington, D.C., December 29, 1917. Order No. 1. Director General of Railroads, Pursuant to the order of the President of the United States, through the Secretary of War, the undersigned, as Director General of Railroads, has taken possession and assumed control of certain transportation systems described in the Proclamation of the President ... (signed) W. G. McAdoo ... Posted by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.)
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. Federal Railroad Administration
Date Created 1917
Description Text only.
Subject(s) Railroad law Transportation Supplies and stores Economic aspects United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Management Railroads World War, 1914-1918 Law and legislation McAdoo, William G. Railroads and state
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4068
Record Number XX343.27578
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.