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Title
Southern Pacific Railroad depot with men in front, 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 with men in front. One man walks at the left wearing a hat and suit. Another man sits on one of two carts parked by the station. Another man stands by him. At the right, in the distance, there is a truck with a man in front. A sign reads, "San Luis Obispo" on the roof of the station. The bulletin board is below. There are trees and mountains in the background.
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_004
ark:/21198/zz002hskg2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--San Luis Obispo
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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