John S. and Dan Dillon Casement papers and photographs

This collection contains letters and photographs of John S. and Dan Dillon Casement while they were engaged in construction in Central America. Many of the photographs relate to the building of the Costa Rican Pacific Railroad.

: From Costa Rica: Invitations to attend weddings and the obsequies and memorial service for President William McKinley to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Casement

: Grass hut with people in front of it

: Group photos

: Group photos

: Group photos

: James, Elbridge, and George Wick

: Letter from William Lawrence Merry to "My Dear Mr. Casement"

: Letter to "My Darling Boy" [Dan Dillon Casement] from "Mama" [Frances Marion Jennings Casement]

: Letter to Dan D. Casement from W. H. Lynn

: Letter to Dan D. Casement from W. H. Lynn

: Letter to General J. S. Casement from W. H. Lynn

: Man and a dog (matted copy of #30 above)

: Man and woman near circular fountain

: Man holding onto dog

: Man on a horse, three women and a dog

: Man, woman and young girl on porch. "Arva 1910" written on verso

: Note in collection

: Oval photograph of young man in bow tie

: Pacific Railroad / Conception Fill: donkey and cart on tracks

: Pathway through trees with man, lady and dog

: Pictures of places around the world, removed from a book

: Postcard: Cuzco - Peru -- Tipo de una Indigena

: Postcard: Garden at Ivyhurst, the residence of Mrs. J. Ellard Beans, San Jose, CA

: Postcards: Costa Rica

: Postcards: Costa Rica

: Postcards: Costa Rica

: Postcards: Costa Rica

: Postcards: Costa Rica

: Rio Grande / P.R.R. [Pacific Railroad?]: a man sitting on a rock with the bridge high above

: Rio Grande / view from bridge

: Rio Grande : cliff side next to river with tree growing straight up out of it

: Rio Grande : man standing in front of bridge with locomotive on the bridge

: Rio Grande: view of bridge trellis; on verso, note that this is the bridge from which Dan Wells Casement fell to his death

: Section 33 / P.R.R. [Pacific Railroad?]: men and wheelbarrows

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