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Title
First Passanger Train East of Oroville
Date Created and/or Issued
ca 1910
Publication Information
Meriam Library. California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
View of the first passanger train traveling 15 miles east of Oroville. Published: Gandydancers, pg. 31. Donor/Source: Butte County Historical Society- Loan #427.
"Even the members of the press wanted to get into the picture when the first passenger train moved through the canyon in 1910. Here the train stopped at a point 15 miles east of Oroville while the newsmen posed for the cameraman." Gandydancers, pg. 31.
Type
image
Format
80 x 145 mm
Film negative
Identifier
sc15559
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/23794
Subject
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad trains
Place
Butte County (Calif.)
Source
sc15559.tif
Relation
original not owned
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection

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