"Wedding of the rails", showing men shaking hands over the railroad tracks, 1926

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Title	"Wedding of the rails", showing men shaking hands over the railroad tracks, 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 men shaking hands over the railroad tracks, 1926. A crowd of men in suits stands on the left and another crowd on the right. Trains stand on the tracks behind them on either side. A short, elderly man in a suit stands at center between the two crowds and hammers a railroad spike into the tracks. Two sets of men, one in front of the short man and one behind him, shake hands over the site. Several women in fine dresses look on from the train on the right.
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	36259
Call number	CHS-36259
Legacy record ID	chs-m11095; USC-2-1-1-11245
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-36259
Full text	£ £.*£.»
Archival file	chs_Volume72/CHS-36259.tiff

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