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Title
Workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
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 workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885. Five men shoulder a heavy I-beam of track while an adolescent boy stands in the background to the right. Finished tracks stretch out beneath their feet. To the extreme right, a line of hitched horses face away from the camera, behind which a man further back stands shirtless with his hands on his hips. Carts are visible in the background, and power lines can be seen overhead. Tree foliage frames the picture.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12092
USC-1-1-1-12245 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6670
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12092
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6670.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad
Railroads
Building
Transportation--Railroads--Early Days
Transportation features
Time Period
1885
Place
California
Highland Park
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-30- [Microfiche number]
6670 [Accession number]
CHS-6670 [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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