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 the decorated locomotive engine used to transport President Theodore Roosevelt to La Fiesta in Los Angeles, May 8, 1903. The steam engine bears an image Roosevelt's own face on the front of its furnace, and is further decorated in an American flag motif cloth is draped along the sides, and striped ribbon is crisscrossed over the cowcatcher at the front. An American flag is visible in the background, in front of another railcar. Train tracks can be seen to the right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Railroads Locomotives Presidents Flags Roosevelt, Theodore, 1859-1909 Transportation--Railroads--Presidential trains United States. President (1901-1909: Roosevelt) Southern Pacific Railroad Railroad features
Time Period
1903-05-08
Place
California USA
Source
1-119-47 [Microfiche number] 7463 [Accession number] CHS-7463 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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