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Title
Railroad Grading Camp Scene
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1887
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
General Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Exterior view of a railroad grading camp when Southern Pacific Railroad came through Ventura in 1887. There are tents set up and teams of horses hitched to wagons in the scene. In the foreground, a woman leads a horse and another woman stands next to a baby in a stroller. Buildings and houses are in the background. "Property of J.B. Bryant, 518 So. Ash St."
Type
image
Format
19.2 x 11.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier
3871
Language
English
Subject
Railroad construction workers
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)

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