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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of costumed men and women in front of Engine 2-26 at the recreation of the driving of the final spike on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles-San Francisco line at Lang Station in Soledad Canyon, September 5, 1926. A crowd of costumed onlookers, including women and two people dressed as Native Americans, stand behind the train tracks that run diagonally through the lower right corner. Engine 2-26, which also bears the number 4326, sits at the right of the image. Trees fill the background, while hills are visible in the distance. Picture file card reads "Lang Station, Soledad Canyon".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Festivals--Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads Rites and ceremonies Anniversaries Dinners and dining Southern Pacific Railroads Railroad features
Time Period
1926-09-05
Place
California Lang Los Angeles USA canyons: Soledad Canyon
Source
1-119-80 [Microfiche number] 31101.9 [Accession number] CHS-31101.9 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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