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Title
Two images showing the Sacramento waterfront and Southern Pacific Railroad bridge, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 two images showing the Sacramento waterfront and Southern Pacific Railroad bridge, ca.1900. The top image shows paddle boats tied up to the waterfront. On the waterfront is a long building. Other buildings are visible in the background including a building displaying its company name "Curtis & Co." The bottom image shows the lengthy bridge supported over the water by concrete posts. A floating barge, identified as the "Grines", is carrying a cargo full of bags of unknown material.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8295
USC-1-1-1-8427 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8455
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8295
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8455.jpg
Subject
Railroad bridges
Bridges
Sacramento County--General views
Rivers
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Sacramento
USA
Source
1-44- [Microfiche number]
8455 [Accession number]
CHS-8455 [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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