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 people in Pasadena celebrating the arrival of Santa Fe's first train on the San Gabriel Rail Road, Los Angeles, September 21, 1885. Celebrators stand underneath a trellised canopy. Girls and women clothed in light-colored dresses line either side of the banquet table at center. Men in suits take up the majority of the spaces at the two flanking tables. The tables themselves are decorated with plant leaves and what appear to be centerpieces depicting vases overflowing with fronds and grapes. An inverted sign in the background reads "Welcome [emocleW]". Picture file card reads "John D. Ripley, Fireman of the engine. Louise Martin--Garfield Study Group".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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