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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a train engineer posing next to the Death Valley Railroad's narrow-gauge train at its terminus in Ryan, California. The engineer is viewed close-up and stands at center. He looks to the camera as he smokes a pipe. Beside him, at right, the train sits on the tracks. It sits in partial view and stretches back on an angle from right to left. Benches sit atop the railroad cars. A male passenger sits in a bench next to the engineer and looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of the engineer, passengers board the train. A rocky hillside rises in the background at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2266. Death Valley Trip March 1947. At Ryan. Man standing beside narrow gage [sic] road is Manager of the Pacific Coast Boarax [sic] Co. at Ryan. Been there for years. Was engineer of the train also.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2266_001 ark:/21198/zz002j369m
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad employees Narrow gauge railroads--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley Railroad
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