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Title
Gravity cars from the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway coasting down from Mount Tamalpais
Creator
William Hamilton
Contributor
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1915
1954
1960
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library
The Academy Library Guild, Fresno, California. Second Revised Edition Howell-North Books
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
Circa 1915
Copyright by Mill Valley Public Library
Description
Two gravity cars loaded with passengers are seen coasting through the forest on the way down from Mount Tamalpais. The passengers look well dressed. There is no identification or number on the front of the first gravity car.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 12.5 x 18 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5n39q9jc
CMLPL_144
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 1467
Language
English
Subject
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad passengers
Open air gravity railroad passenger cars
Gravity railroad cars
Mountains
Mountain railroads
Forests
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Place
Mount Tamalpais
Source
Selected photograph from page 52 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves;

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