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Title: Panaromic photograph of Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods railway train, August 29, 1918
Creator: T. C. Wohlbruck Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1918-08-29
Contributing Institution: Mill Valley Public Library
Collection: Mill Valley History Online
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Description: A panoramic photo of passengers standing in front of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods train. Photographs like this one were souveneirs for the passengers. A box on the lower right of the photograph reads, "Entering the double bow-not, half way to the summit of Mt. Tamalapis, California above the Golden Gate on the 'crookedest railroad in the world'." The engine is number 4. Handwritten on engine: "Train #2 Aug 29 -18-" and "T.C.W.Co. 251 Post S.F." Handwritten just below engine: "Un. Joints - Sliding x. 3 cil - 275 H. P. Oil Burner."
Type: image
Identifier: E331EEDC-975E-4211-AFE3-277363424977
2018.001.055
Subject: Double bow knot
Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
Panoramic photographs
Railroad locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
Railroads
Mt. Tamalpais

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