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Title
Construction, LA & SGV R Road
Alternative Title
Construction, Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad.
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Workmen stand on and around a railroad track of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad under construction in Pasadena, California. Several handcarts sit on the track. A public library and reading room and the office of architect Charles Ehrenfeld sit on either side of track.
Title and date transcribed from front of photo-mount. Alt-title devised by cataloger. Written on back: "Laying track for the L.A. & S.G.V. Railroad near Pasadena.
Type
image
Extent
1 photograph : print ; mount 13 x 20 cm (cabinet format)
Identifier
photPF
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/13872
Subject
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad. (local)
Libraries--California--Pasadena
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroad construction workers--California--Pasadena
Railroad tracks--California--Pasadena
Cabinet photographs. (aat)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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