View of Engine 38 and costumed men at a recreation of the completion of the Southern Pacific Line, September 5, 1926

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Title	View of Engine 38 and costumed men at a recreation of the completion of the Southern Pacific Line, September 5, 1926
Description	Photograph of a view of Engine 38 and costumed men at the recreation of the final spike on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles-San Francisco line at Lang Station in Soledad Canyon, September 5, 1926. Engine 38 sits in the left centerground of the image, facing an engine numbered 2-26 which sits in the right centerground. Several men, including one who is dressed as a Native American, stand on Engine 38; onlookers also stand on the other train, looking down toward the tracks. The hats of a crowd fill the foreground, while trees are visible in the background. Picture file card reads "Recreation of the driving of the final spike on the Southern Pacific between Los Angeles and San Francisco".
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	31101.5
Call number	CHS-31101.5
Microfiche number	1-119-86
Legacy record ID	chs-m10520; USC-1-1-1-10664; USC-1-1-1-10668
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-31101.5
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Archival file	chs_Volume90/CHS-31101.5.tiff

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