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Description
Photograph of the ground-breaking for the Hotel del Coronado, ca.1886. Crowds of people, many of which are loaded onto the trolley car in the background, attend this ground-breaking ceremony. "Coronado Beach R.R." is painted on the trolley in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) Hotels, taverns, etc Rites and Ceremonies Railroads--Passenger traffic San Diego County--Coronado Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1886
Place
California Coronado San Diego USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number] 8440 [Accession number] CHS-8440 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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