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 four Southern Pacific freight cars on a siding on the Yuma Indian reservation, Arizona, ca.1900. Behind them several native dwellings are visible scattered among the low vegetation. The rectangular buildings are constructed of horizontal lath sticks with a mud mortar and have thatched roofs. A large wooden building with a peaked roof sits near the railroad tracks. A wagon sits in the empty field in the foreground. The Colorado River is visible in the background. Photographed from the government Indian School (not visible). Legible signs include: "Railroad crossing, look out for the cars", "Southern Pacific Company, Sunset Route", "S.P. 22235"..., "Southern Pacific, Ogden Route", "Furniture and buggy, C.P. 60894"..., "C.P. 18676"..., "Fruit, C.P. 36490"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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