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Title: Train departure, Los Angeles. 1926
Creator: Dick Whittington Studio
Contributor: Gellham Co. (client)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1926
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Men, women, and children stand on and around a train about to depart from Los Angeles. This part of the Union Pacific train, known as the 63 hour car, was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. The people are wearing their Sunday best and waving hats and handkerchiefs at each other. A round sign mounted on the back railing of the car reads "Los Angeles Limited".
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 negative. 7 x 5 in (17 x 12 cm)
Identifier: photCL Whitt 1509
43235
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/3843
Subject: Railroad cars--California--Los Angeles. (lctgm)
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Negatives. (aat)
Prints (visual works) (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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