View of William Crocker as he prepares to drive a rail spike at the recreation of the driving of the final spike on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles-San Francisco line, September 5, 1926

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Title	View of William Crocker as he prepares to drive a rail spike at the recreation of the driving of the final spike on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles-San Francisco line, September 5, 1926
Description	Photograph of a view of William Crocker as he prepares to drive a rail spike 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 crowd stands around William Crocker, son of Charles Crocker, who stands on the train tracks at the center of the image, hammer poised to re-enact the driving of the final spike on the Los Angeles-San Francisco link of the Southern Pacific railroad. Onlookers include Los Angeles mayor George Cryer, who stands on the train in the left centerground, wearing glasses and a light-colored jacket, and San Francisco mayor "Sunny Jim" Rolph, who stands at the right foreground, holding a light-colored hat.
Subject (adlf)	railroad 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 ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31101.3
Call number	CHS-31101.3
Microfiche number	1-119-87
Legacy record ID	chs-m10518; USC-1-1-1-10666
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-31101.3
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Archival file	chs_Volume90/CHS-31101.3.tiff

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