View of refreshments being served at the recreation of the driving of the final spike at Lang Station in Soledad Canyon, September 5, 1926

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Title	View of refreshments being served at the recreation of the driving of the final spike at Lang Station in Soledad Canyon, September 5, 1926
Description	Photograph of a view of refreshments being served at the recreation of the driving of the final spike on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles-San Francisco line at Lang Station in Soledad Canyon, September 5, 1926. A long row of tables runs diagonally from the lower right corner toward the upper left. Uniformed workers on the left side of the tables serve food from the large bowls that rest on the tables to a line of people on the opposite side. Sections of the space on the right side of the table are covered by simple canopies. A crowd fills the centerground of the image, while trees and hills are visible in the background.
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Festivals -- Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Subject (lcsh)	Railroads Rites and ceremonies Anniversaries
Subject (corporate name)	Southern Pacific Railroads
Geographic subject	canyons: Soledad Canyon
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)	2 photographs ; photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31101.1
Call number	CHS-31101.1
Microfiche number	1-119-81; 1-119-85
Legacy record ID	chs-m10516; USC-1-1-1-10664; USC-1-1-1-10671
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
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-31101.1
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Archival file	chs_Volume90/CHS-31101.1.tiff

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