Costumed men and women along the tracks during the recreation of the Southern Pacific Line's completion, September 5, 1926

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Title	Costumed men and women along the tracks during the recreation of the Southern Pacific Line's completion, September 5, 1926
Description	Photograph of a view of costumed men and women in front of Engine 2-26 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 of costumed onlookers, including women and two people dressed as Native Americans, stand behind the train tracks that run diagonally through the lower right corner. Engine 2-26, which also bears the number 4326, sits at the right of the image. Trees fill the background, while hills are visible in the distance. Picture file card reads "Lang Station, Soledad Canyon".
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Festivals -- Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Subject (lcsh)	Railroads Rites and ceremonies Anniversaries Dinners and dining
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	31101.9
Call number	CHS-31101.9
Microfiche number	1-119-80
Legacy record ID	chs-m20358; USC-1-1-1-10668; 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-31101.9
Archival file	chs_Volume126/CHS-31101.9.tiff

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