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Title
Two trains below and above on the Tehachapi loop, ca.1890
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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 two trains below and above on the Tehachapi loop, ca.1890. At center, a locomotive engine can be seen coming trhough a tunnel in the side of a hill, making its way through a shallow canyon. In the distance, a second engine can be seen pulling five cars in its train, moving across the ridge of the hill. Post-and-rail fence can be seen lining either side of the canyon.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12068
USC-0-1-1-12220 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33098
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12068
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33098.jpg
Subject
Railroads
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Los Angeles County
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
Kern
USA
Source
1-119-73 [Microfiche number]
33098 [Accession number]
CHS-33098 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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