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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive, 1875. The steam engine is at center and is facing the right. It has a large flared smokestack at right, and the engineer's cab is at left. There is a single, large, piston driven wheel at center with tow smaller wheels at right and two more at left. A triangular cow catcher is affixed to the front of the locomotive. There is a man in a vaquero costume standing on palm fronds by the entrance to the engine. A white adobe building with an American flag in front is in the background at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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