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Title
Newly arrived passengers posing in front of their Southern Pacific train during the "Boom Days", ca.1885
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1885
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 newly arrived passengers from the East posing in front of their Southern Pacific train during the "Boom Days", ca.1885. Around thirty passengers are arranged in front of the train
still more look out from the windows. Most of the men are dressed in Western civilian clothes, although several of the railroad men are visible as well. There are several women in long dresses, and even a child on the left side of the image. Almost everyone is wearing a hat.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12366
USC-1-1-1-12521 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10511
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12366
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10511.jpg
Subject
Railroads
Railroads--Passenger traffic
Southern Pacific Railroad
Transportation--Railroads--Southern Pacific--Passengers
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1885
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-119-58 [Microfiche number]
10511 [Accession number]
CHS-10511 [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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