California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Southern Pacific advertisement for their Golden State Limited train, [s.d.]

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Southern Pacific advertisement for their Golden State Limited train, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a Southern Pacific advertisement for their Golden State Limited train, [s.d.]. A drawing of men and women seated under a canopy on a non-enclosed railway car can be seen at center. The back of a cowboy riding a horse can be seen in the foreground. Photonegative sleeve reads, "S.P. Lord Thomas J. Logan. Printed".; Advertisement reads, "Serving Directly Arizona's Gay Guest Ranchers. 'Golden State Limited.' Chicago -- Kansas City -- Los Angeles -- San Diego. Straight across the Spanish--American Southwest. No train to Southern California faster or finer. Through sleepers to Apache Trail highway, Phoenix desert resorts and Santa Barbara. Only Southern Pacific offers choice of four routes to and from California. See the whole Pacific Coast. Go one way, return another, on 'Golden State Limited', 'Sunset Limited', 'San Francisco Overland Limited', or 'The Cascade'. Southern Pacific. Four Great Routes. Write your name and address below, tear off and mail it to E.W. Clapp, traffic manager, 310 S. Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, for illustrated book with animated maps, 'How Best to See the Pacific Coast' and 'Golden State Limited'".

Asset Metadata

Title Southern Pacific advertisement for their Golden State Limited train, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject railroad features (adlf), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Southern Pacific Railroad (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24152

Identifier 48355 (accession number), CHS-48355 (call number), CHS-48355 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23382 (legacy record id), chs-m24152 (legacy record id), USC (project), TRAN-52 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23382

Unique identifier UC124161

Legacy Identifier CHS-48355.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.1 in × 28.7 in at 300dpi
53.7 cm × 72.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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