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Title
Two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927. Two sets of railroad tracks can be seen running from the foreground to the background at center. Two large locomotives are visible at center, facing to the foreground. A crowd of people can be seen gathered around the trains. Large buildings are visible in the background at left and at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1536
USC-2-1-1-1584 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44123
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1536
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44123.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Train stations
Railroads
Rites and ceremonies
Anniversaries
Locomotives
Railroad features
Time Period
1927
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44123 [Accession number]
CHS-44123 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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