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Description
V1p134a In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 134 top left. This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco." Caption printed on photo: "#302. Cal. St. cable cars above Kearny St." Text written under photo: "California St. at first operation [this would date the photo at 1878] of the California St. Cable R.R." View looking west up California from Kearny. California Street cable train at end-of-line turntable. Grip car has already been turned. Dummy is tilted upwards on table with steps to facilitate boarding. Another cable train is heading inbound toward turntable. Old St. Mary's is seen uphill on north side of California.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 21/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001380625CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-3882
Subject
Cable railroads--California--San Francisco Streets--California--San Francisco Churches--California--San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
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