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Title
[Southern Pacific Depot, 4th and Townsend, San Francisco], no. 630
Creator
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1873]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
Restricted original.
Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
2005-0693.
View of three-story brick building at 4th and Townsend, headquarters for Southern Pacific Company (terminal and yards behind the building). Shows horse-drawn trolly (left) empty wagon (center), and H.J. Booth & Co. railroad engine #6 (right). Men standing next to the locomotive, worker standing in foreground. Ghost images of people who moved while the photograph was being taken.
Restricted original.
Negative, no. 6,284 (4 x 5 in.) and color transparency.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on linen mount : albumen ; image 16 1/2 x 21 3/8 on mount 17 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001386833CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-0115
Language
English
Subject
Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Buildings--California--San Francisco
Horse railroads--California--San Francisco
Locomotives--California--San Francisco
Streets--California--San Francisco
Carts & wagons--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Mammoth plates
Albumen prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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