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Title
Fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910. Several men and a photographer stand on elevated grounds constructed of stone. Behind them are several small buildings, one constructed of stone and the other two of wood. The photographer has his camera on a tripod.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12115
USC-1-1-1-12268 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8568
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12115
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8568.jpg
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad
Railroads
Mountains
Snow
Fires
Transportation--Railroads--Northern California
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Cisco
Placer
USA
Source
1-119-53 [Microfiche number]
8568 [Accession number]
CHS-8568 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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