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Description
Photograph of the Hotel Del Coronado's original boathouse, ferry landing and railroad station, ca.1888. There is a single large white building, topped by towers and lined with arched windows, at the center of the image. There is a steam locomotive in the foreground on the right, pulling two passenger cars. The locomotive is labeled "Coronado Railroad 6" There is a large steamship on the left side of the image, topped by a pilothouse and smoke stack. There is another ship visible to the right of the boathouse. On the road to the left of the building are three horse-drawn carriages. In the bottom left corner is a dirt path shaded by a row of trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) Hotels, taverns, etc Boats and boating Railroads--Stations San Diego County--Coronado--Hotels Del Coronado Marinas
Time Period
circa 1888
Place
California Coronado San Diego USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number] 10126 [Accession number] CHS-10126 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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