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Title
Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
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 Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935. The old-fashioned coal locamotive is pictured at center, turned to profile. Its smoke stack billows at the top, with a small bell just behind. It is positioned on a separtate segment of track, on display. In the background, a more modern train can be seen. The locomotive was shipped in parts around the Horn and assembled in Sacramento in 1864.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12384
USC-0-1-1-12539 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20377
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12384
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20377.jpg
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad
Railroads
Locomotives
Transportation--Railroads--General
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
California
Sacramento
USA
Source
1-112-187 [Microfiche number]
20377 [Accession number]
CHS-20377 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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