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Title
Colorado Ave. Sept. 16--1885, opening of L.A. & S.G.V. RR Pasadena
Alternative Title
Opening of Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad.
Creator
E.S. Frost & Son
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
View down the wide dirt road of Colorado Street in Pasadena, California, filled with people and horse-drawn carriages on September 16, 1885, the day of a celebration for the opening of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad line between downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. Business line the right side of the street, empty lots in the foreground of the left. All are headed in one direction up the road. Visible signs on the buildings read "Carpenter Shop" and "Lumber Yard" and the Ward Block building is visible at left.
Title and date transcribed from front of photo-mount. Alt-title devised by cataloger. Also printed on left edge of photo-mount: "E.S. Frost & Son, / Photographers, Pasadena, Cal."
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : print ; mount 13 x 21 cm (cabinet format)
Identifier
photPF
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/13845
Subject
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. (local)
Railroads--California--Pasadena
Business districts--California--Pasadena. (aat)
Cabinet photographs. (aat)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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