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Title
Southern Pacific Railroad depot bulletin board, San Luis Obispo, 1942
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
March 8, 1942
1942-03-08
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Southern Pacific Railroad depot bulletin board. The bottom half lists the Westward bound trains. The date, written in chalk, is March 8, 1942, with the "8" having been created from the 7 that was there previously. Printed at the bottom are the words, "Office open 24 hours."
Text from negative sleeve: 1195. San Luis Obispo, California, Sunday, March 8, 1942. About noon. 1. 2. The double film shows the S. P. R. R. station at San Luis Obispo, and the Bulletin Board at the end. 3. Mertie West, with our Buick in the rear, and behind that is the Army truck which brot [sic] the soldiers from the camp, four miles away, to the depot. 4. The soldiers fool with a little truck on the platform while waiting for their train. 5. The soldiers as they unloaded on the station platform. 5 films.
Type

Identifier
uclamss_1998_1195_001
ark:/21198/zz002hskch
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--San Luis Obispo
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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