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Description
Photograph of a steam engine trailing its coal car on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Rail Road, 1890. Three men adorn the locomotive, which is expelling steam at the right of the photo. The engineer peers out the window of his cabin with two men in suits behind him, one on the engine and one on the ground. The side of the coal car reads "L.A. & S.G. V. R. R.".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Railroads Locomotives Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--San Gabriel Railroad Railroad features
Time Period
1890
Place
California Los Angeles Pasadena USA
Source
1-119-33 [Microfiche number] 6484 [Accession number] CHS-6484 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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