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Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad train at Menlo Park, 1864-1867. Caption: "Evening passenger train on the San Francisco - San Jose Railroad, crossin San Francisquito Creek.", "Tree - station[?]", "Studies of the trees of California", "The redwood twins", "Menlo Park", "Vischer", "1864", "1867". A horse-drawn wagon, rider on horseback, and a few pedestrians wait on the dirt road as the steam locomotive passes the two tall redwood trees for which Palo Alto (the later name of Menlo Park) was named (i.e., tall tree).
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs art
Art--Vischer, Edward Santa Clara County--San Jose--General Transportation--Railroads--Northern California Railroads Rivers Horses Wagons San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Streams
Time Period
1864/1867
Place
California Palo Alto Santa Clara USA
Source
1-189-; 1-119-57 [Microfiche number] 4914; 9566 [Accession number] CHS-4914; CHS-9566 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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