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Title
The first regular train trip of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Hertha A. Meyer
Date Created and/or Issued
August 27, 1896
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
August 27, 1896
Copyright by Mill Valley Public Library
Description
Eight passengers are seated in an open air passenger railroad car on the first regular trip of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad. The conductor and another man are standing on the side of the railroad car. Passengers in the first row of seats are Mr. and Mrs. Frederic August Meyer. The second woman passenger in the rear holds the dipper from which all drank of the mountain spring water.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8x0nd4s7
CMLPL_080
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 1911A
Language
English
Subject
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Mountains
Open air railroad passenger cars
Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic August Meyer
Place
Mount Tamalpais

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