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Title
Parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
1926-08-01
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 parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926. At center, an open lot is visible, striated with railway tracks. In the foreground, approximately seven cars are disconnected and stand alone, although terminals appear in the background at left, just in front of several buildings. Tree foliage extends in to the left foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12371
USC-2-1-1-12526 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37049
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12371
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37049.jpg
Subject
Railroads
Railroads--Yards
Southern Pacific Railroad
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Southern Pacific--Passengers
Railroad features
Time Period
1926-08-01
Place
6th Street and Central Avenue
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37049 [Accession number]
CHS-37049 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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