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Title
Railroad handcar at the base of Sphinx Rock in Chatsworth Park Canyon
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 railroad handcar at the base of Sphinx Rock in Chatsworth Park Canyon, [s.d.]. The large, tapered rock formation sticks out from a hillside at right. A set of narrow-gauge railroad tracks can be seen running from the foreground at center into the distance at left. A small handcar can be seen at left with a man standing nearby. Several large bushes are visible on the hill at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4316
USC-0-1-1-4407 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32531
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4316
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32531.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--San Fernando Valley--General views
Railroads--Track
Canyons
Handcars
Railroad features
Place
California
Chatsworth
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32531 [Accession number]
CHS-32531 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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