"Wedding of the rails", showing the crowd moving towards the center, 1926

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Photograph of "Wedding of the rails", a re-enactment of the ceremony celebrating the connection of Los Angeles and San Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad, showing the crowd moving towards the center, 1926. A train stands on the left and another on the right with the crowd standing in front of them. The crowd moves towards the center space between the two trains. They are finely dressed with most of them in suits and dresses but several dressed in cowboy costumes. A man dressed as a Native American stands on the train on the left with an elderly man in a suit just in front of him. Several woman stand on the train on the right. Boys watch the festivities from a small structure in the background.

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Title "Wedding of the rails", showing the crowd moving towards the center, 1926

Subject Anniversaries (lcsh), Festivals -- Union Pacific and Southern Pacific (file heading), Historical reenactments (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh), Southern Pacific Railroad Company (naf corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Lang (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926-09-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1926-09-05

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11089

Identifier 36750 (accession number), CHS-36750 (call number), CHS-36750 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10514 (legacy record id), chs-m11089 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11239 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10514

Unique identifier UC140606

Legacy Identifier CHS-36750.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 33.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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