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Title
Locomotive at Vulcan Iron Works, San Francisco, ca.1870
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1870
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 a locomotive at Vulcan Iron Works -- probably one of the first locomotives built in California -- San Francisco, ca.1870. At left, a small locomotive engine is visible being pulled out from the Vulcan Iron Works building on a horse-drawn cart. To the right, twelve people can be seen standing on or in front of the locomotive. More can be seen farther left. The street in the foreground appears to be muddy.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12105
USC-1-1-1-12258 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11982
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12105
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11982.jpg
Subject
Railroads
Locomotives
Transportation--Railroads--Northern California
Vulcan Iron Works
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1870
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
11982 [Accession number]
CHS-11982 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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