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Title
The Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 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
Identifier
chs-m12353
USC-1-1-1-12508 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11288
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12353
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11288.jpg
Subject
Colis P. Huntington (Locomotive)
Southern Pacific Railroad
Railroads
Locomotives
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Southern Pacific--Engines
Railroad features
Place
California
USA
Source
1-119-60 [Microfiche number]
11288 [Accession number]
CHS-11288 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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