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Title
Early Wilmington
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator
Godfrey Photo
Date Created and/or Issued
1870
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
View of Wilmington harbor, showing the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad, which had been completed by Phineas Banning in 1869--the first railroad to the harbor. Before that, freight was transported to Los Angeles by ox carts (carretas) and later by horse-drawn wagons.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00024476
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Wilmington-Views, Panoramic; S-008-503 4x5
CARL0000029207
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/93283
Subject
Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad
Harbors--California--Los Angeles
Railroads--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles)
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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