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Title: Union Pacific's new Aerotrain
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated January 12, 1957 reads, "Here is a glimpse of Union Pacific's new Aerotrain which gives daily shuttle service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The lightweight exceedingly comfortable train serves free meals chuck-wagon style to passengers commuting between the desert playground and Los Angeles." Shown is the Union Pacific Depot at 3751 Vine Street in Riverside. Built in 1904, it is Riverside Historical Landmark #9.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00113443
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d014_f6_i26
CARL0005282149
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/47093
Subject: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad stations--California--Riverside
Railroad travel--California, Southern
Railroad travel--Nevada
Railroad trains--California--Riverside
Architecture--California--Riverside--Spanish influences
Riverside Historical Landmarks
Riverside (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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