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Title: Death Valley's 20-mule team borax train at Furnace Creek Inn
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Creator: Frashers Inc
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
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: Twenty-mule team borax train in front of Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley. The trains were used to haul borax out of Death Valley in the 1880s. Mountains are behind the hotel and some trees are just in front. The hotel opened in 1927.
Type: image
Format: Postcards
Identifier: 00073705
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-7(114)
CARL0000076887
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/115456
Subject: Furnace Creek Inn (Death Valley, Calif. and Nev.)
Hotels--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Borax mines and mining--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Mountains--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Trees--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Mules--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)

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