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Title
Railroad cars parked in a freight yard in Elysian Park, looking towards Los Angeles City Hall, January 20, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-01-20
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 railroad cars parked in a freight yard in Elysian Park, looking towards Los Angeles City Hall, January 20, 1931. Extending from the left foreground to the right background, both regular freight cars and tanker cars can be seen filling the yard. In the far center distance, the tower of Los Angeles City Hall can be seen. In the left background, a building features the sign "M.P. McCaffrey Machine & Blacksmith Shop".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23105 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49383
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23105
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49383.jpg
Subject
Freight and freightage
Railroads
Transportation features
Time Period
1931-01-20
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
49383 [Accession number]
CHS-49383 [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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