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Description
Photograph of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crossing a trestle in Arizona, ca.1895. The large steam locomotive can be seen in the foreground at center and is towing several cars behind it. Two men stand on a boxcar close behind the engine of the train. The high trestle stretches for a long distance and is visible in several locations in the background. The hilly landscape is dotted with small trees. Photoprint reads: "A.P.- P. Ry. -- Arizona -- Now S.P.R.R. [Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix R.R. ca.1892-1896".
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : transparency, photonegative, photoprints, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. transparencies negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Railroads Trestles Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Santa Fe Railroad Arizona--General Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
Arizona USA
Source
1-155-11; 1-119-11 [Microfiche number] 4595 [Accession number] CHS-4595 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: James-63 [Identifying number]
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