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Moving Image / [Excursion trip to Virginia City and Reno, NV]

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Title
[Excursion trip to Virginia City and Reno, NV]
Date Created and/or Issued
1955-09-15
Contributing Institution
California State Railroad Museum Library
Collection
California Revealed from California State Railroad Museum Library
Rights Information
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Description
Contains moving images of an excursion trip to Virginia City and Reno, Nevada. Begins in San Francisco, California with people entering a Greyhound bus going to Virginia City. Images of the main street in Virginia City include buildings such as the Territorial Enterprise Building, Bucket of Blood Saloon, and the Delta Café. Other images include a reenactor dressed as a prospector walking next to a pack mule, as well as shots of the city cemetery. Night scenes show exterior shots of Harrah’s Club and the Nevada Club. The film ends in downtown Reno, showing the exteriors of casinos and businesses. A Southern Pacific reefer block train with “F” type diesel locomotives moves in the background. At the very end of the film is an upper quadrant Wig-Wag.
Written on reel/container: WSF 200/59; + VHS [Virginia and Truckee]
Type
moving image
Format
Reversal
Original
Silent
Color
8mm film
Form/Genre
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Unedited footage
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
ID 294
cscrm_000434
Language
English
Subject
Excursions
Reno (Nev.)
Provenance
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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