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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Soldiers stand by the tracks at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. Two men stand with their backs to the camera while the others are gathered facing them. There is a truck at the left. A cart at the right has luggage on it. There is also luggage on the ground. The depot is in the background with a wooden structure at the right. Though the negative sleeve gives the date as March 8, 1943, based on other photographs taken on the same day, this photograph was actually taken on March 8, 1942. Text from negative sleeve: 1196. San Luis Obispo, California, Sunday, March 8, 1943 [sic]. 1. Soldiers on the station platform S. P. R. R. waiting for the Day Light Limited to take them north. Train due at 12.53 p. m. It was on time. 2. Group on the platform talking. H. H. West Jr with dark glasses at left. 3. Mertie West, sitting down. Elizabeth West Siemsen talking to H. H. West Jr by our Buick, with army truck in rear. 4. L to R: Mertie West, Elizabeth Siemsen. H. H. West Jr. with our Buick and army truck in rear. 4 films.
Type
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1196_003 ark:/21198/zz002hskm4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--San Luis Obispo Soldiers--American--California--San Luis Obispo Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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