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Title
Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
Creator
Tibbitts, H. C
Date Created and/or Issued
1917/05/27
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Label on reverse: Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway / Date: May 27, 1917 / No. 32046 10:45. H. C. Tibbitts Official Photographer, 70 Fourth Street, San Francisco, California. Group portrait of passengers lined up in front of two passenger cars, each labeled "Mt. Tamalpais." The locomotive No. 8 in front reads, "Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods." A small sign next to the tracks reads, "Entering the Bow Double Knot." Title printed on left side of image: "Entering the Double Bow-Knot, Half Way to the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California. Above the Golden Gate on the 'Crookedest Railroad in the World.''
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
3ADC4105-2C5E-430E-86E3-318696333281
2008-5-639
Subject
Railroad stations
Railroad travel
Panoramic photographs
Railroads (LCSH)
Group portraits
Passengers
Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)
Marin County (Calif.)
Nineteen tens (LCSH)

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