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Title
Portrait of Quincy Railroad Surveyors
Creator
Thompson Photo
Contributor
Plumas County Museum
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1910
Publication Information
Meriam Library Special Collections Department, California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph shows Quincy Railroad surveyors. Photo taken at the Hartwell house at the junction of Chandler and Quincy Junction Roads. The house is still standing. Front row, left to right: F. M. Robinson, Orr, B. A. Taylor, J. Neff. Back row, left to right: Craft (Kraft?), Sain, McFarland, Bates, Richards, Louie Peterson. The Quincy Railroad began 1908 and finished 1910. Hartwell Station was the connection to the Western Pacific Railroad from Quincy, earlier called Marston, a portion of the Hartwell Ranch. Photograph property of J. R. Atkins, 9-1-69. Photograph by Thompson,
Type
Image
Format
ca. 1910.
Identifier
sc8450
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/8855
Subject
Quincy Western Railroad
Railroads
Surveyors
Railroad engineers
Clothing and dress
Portraits, Group
Place
Quincy (Calif.)
Plumas County (Calif.)
Source
sc8450.tif
Relation
photographs
under review
Northeastern California Historic Photograph Collection

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