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Title	"Wedding of the rails", showing a man hammering in a railroad spike, 1926
Description	Photograph of "Wedding of the rails", a re-enactment of the ceremony celebrating the connection of Los Angeles and San Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad, showing a man hammering in a railroad spike, 1926. The man stands at center, hunched over as he drives his large hammer into the railroad spike in front of him. He wears a suit and his thin, light hair is slicked back. Men are crowded on the tracks around him in fine suits and ties with their hats in their hands at their sides.
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Festivals -- Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Subject (lcsh)	Rites and ceremonies Historical reenactments Anniversaries Railroads
Subject (naf corporate name)	Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Lang
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1926-09-05
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1926-09-05
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	36753
Call number	CHS-36753
Legacy record ID	chs-m11091; USC-2-1-1-11241
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-36753
Archival file	chs_Volume72/CHS-36753.tiff

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