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Title
Aerial view of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Santa Monica, ca.1900
Creator
Rile, H.F
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 an aerial view of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Santa Monica, ca.1900. Several train tracks can be seen at center. Three trains are visible on the tracks. In the foreground at right, a large two-story house can be seen on the corner of two large dirt roads. A racetrack with a covered grandstand can be seen at right. In the background, hundreds of small houses can be seen packed very close together. The Santa Monica Hotel can be seen as well.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2382
USC-0-1-1-2443 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32495
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2382
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32495.jpg
Subject
Railroads--Stations
Hotels, taverns, etc
Southern Pacific Railroad
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
USA
Source
32495 [Accession number]
CHS-32495 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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