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 "Wedding of the rails", a re-enactment of the ceremony celebrating the connection of Los Angeles and San Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1926. Finely dressed people in hats, suits, and dresses crowd the foreground while a train stands behind them at center. Men dressed in Mexican suits, cowboy costumes, and Native American costumes stand along the front of the train. Other men in suits and hats stand at the front and back of the train and look towards the right. Several American flags wave from various spots on the train.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
Festivals--Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rites and ceremonies Historical reenactments Anniversaries Railroads Southern Pacific Railroad Company Railroad features
Time Period
1926-09-05
Place
California Lang Los Angeles USA
Source
36751 [Accession number] CHS-36751 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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