Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870

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Photograph of a Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870. Two men pose on the back of the engineer's cabin of a locomotive engine while a third leans out from the side window. They trail a coal car behind them whose side reads "Southern Pacific R.R.". Behind them, a rock face slopes down from the right, a tunnel cut out with a wood frame at its center, for which the train is headed. A tree is visible on top of the rock face. Wood beams line the side of the rail road tracks.; Picture file card reads: "According to Bob Wolfenstein, this picture was taken in the 1870's as engines and men's dress are typical of that period. Tunnel is definitely not the San Fernando Tunnel--probably the Newhall Tunnel. 3-7-74.".

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Title Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Los Angeles County (file heading), Tunnels (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1870

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1870

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13995

Identifier 6922 (accession number), CHS-6922 (call number), CHS-6922 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13463 (legacy record id), chs-m13995 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14152 (legacy record id), 1-158- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13463

Unique identifier UC137659

Legacy Identifier CHS-6922.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
50.9 cm × 39.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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