"Wedding of the rails", showing photographers around a man hammering a railroad spike, 1926

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Title	"Wedding of the rails", showing photographers around a man hammering 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 Railroads showing photographers around a man hammering a railroad spike, 1926. A crowd of mostly men in suits and hats obstructs the view of the many large cameras which stand aimed at the man in center. He is a short, elderly man in a dark suit who stands hunched over the railroad tracks as he hammers in a spike. Two men reach over his head from the trains on either side and shake hands. Boys watch the reenactment from a small structure behind them.
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	36260
Call number	CHS-36260
Legacy record ID	chs-m11096; USC-2-1-1-11246
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-36260
Archival file	chs_Volume72/CHS-36260.tiff

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