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Title
Gravity car from the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway on way down the mountain to Mill Valley
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1900-1925
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributing Institution
Mill Valley Public Library
Collection
Mill Valley History Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Copyrighted
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Images from the Mill Valley Public Library will be credited with the standard credit line: Courtesy of the Lucretia Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library (and to the photographer or creator if known). This credit line is to appear alongside the reproduction. If a publication or film/video production uses material it may appear at the end.
Mill Valley Public Library
Mill Valley Public Library History Room, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, 415-389-4292 x131
1900-1925
Copyright by Mill Valley Public Library
Description
Three men in gravity car from the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway headed down the mountain to Mill Valley. The car clearly says "Mt Tamalpais Gravity" on the front. The car is along side of a regular open air passenger car. The mountain is seen in the background with the track winding up the slope and the lookout tower at the summit.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 17 x 24.5 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1x0nc9tj
CMLPL_145
photo cabinet 2, Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
Language
English
Subject
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Mountains
Open air railroad passenger cars
Gravity railroad cars
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
Place
Mount Tamalpais

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