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Southern Pacific officials gathered for the arrival of the "Prosperity Special" train, Los Angeles, 1922

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Title: Southern Pacific officials gathered for the arrival of the "Prosperity Special" train, Los Angeles, 1922
Date Created and/or Issued: 1922
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Ten men, most in suits and ties, one in military uniform, some holding hats, standing on and near railroad tracks. R.E. Kelly, 2nd from left, W.H. Whalen, 6th from left.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, July 1, 1922, Thousands See Giant Engines, “Prosperity Special” Reaches Los Angeles, Leviathans of Rail Brought by Southern Pacific, Will be Used to Haul Trains Over Mountains, Monsters of Rail Here to Serve. Cheered by thousands lining the tracks in Southern California towns as it madeits way into Los Angeles, the Southern Pacific Prosperity Special of twenty new Leviathans of the rails reached the city last night and was parked in the Figueroa-street switch at Exposition Park. …
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Southern Pacific Railroad, Prosperity Special
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 3020
uclamss_1429_3020
ark:/21198/zz002cmh62
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Transportation
Whalen, William H., b. ca. 1859
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Kelly, Richard E., b. 1877 or 8
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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