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Title
Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895
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 Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895. The station is about two-stories tall. Utility lines run down the left side of the track. A horse and buggy are nearby. Mountains are visible in the distance.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 11 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5328
USC-1-1-1-5441 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6143
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5328
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6143.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Antelope Valley
Railroads--Stations
Horses
Wagons
Southern Pacific Railroad
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
California
Los Angeles
Palmdale
USA
Source
1-158-; 1-119-21 [Microfiche number]
6143 [Accession number]
CHS-6143 [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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