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Title
Santa Fe Railroad tracks cutting through El Cajon Pass, San Bernardino, ca.1890
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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 Santa Fe Railroad tracks cutting through El Cajon Pass, San Bernardino, ca.1890. A line of track runs towards the distance and bends right around a rock face at center. Trusses support the left rock face as well as support a number of barrels, which can be seen set along their boards. Some rubble can be seen in the lower left corner of the image.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12162
USC-1-1-1-12315 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7695
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12162
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7695.jpg
Subject
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Railroads
Canyons
Santa Fe Railway
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Santa Fe Railroad
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
San Bernardino
USA
passes: El Cajon Pass
Source
1-119-49 [Microfiche number]
7695 [Accession number]
CHS-7695 [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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