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Title
The first train on the Cahuenga Valley Railroad to Hollywood, ca.1888
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1888
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
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 the first train on the Cahuenga Valley Railroad to Hollywood, ca.1888. A small steam engine and one passenger car are pictured. Seven people are visible in the passenger car, one in the engineer's quarters and three on the running board between cars. The terrain around the train is unpaved, yet has what appears to be wagon tracks marked into it, perpendicular to and intersecting the train tracks. Sparse vegetation is visible in the background, and at the extreme right background, the beginning of a mountain.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3196
USC-1-1-1-3268
USC-1-1-1-12470 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6342
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3196
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6342.jpg
Subject
Cahuenga Valley Railroad
Los Angeles--Hollywood--General views
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Los Angeles County
Railroads
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1888
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-31-66; 1-119-30 [Microfiche number]
6342 [Accession number]
CHS-6342 [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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