California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935

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Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935

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Photograph of Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935. The old-fashioned coal locamotive is pictured at center, turned to profile. Its smoke stack billows at the top, with a small bell just behind. It is positioned on a separtate segment of track, on display. In the background, a more modern train can be seen. The locomotive was shipped in parts around the Horn and assembled in Sacramento in 1864.

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Title Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935

Subject Central Pacific Railroad (subject), Locomotives (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Sacramento (city or populated place), Sacramento (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1935

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)

Date Created 1935

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-m12384

Identifier 20377 (accession number), CHS-20377 (call number), CHS-20377 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11911 (legacy record id), chs-m12384 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12539 (legacy record id), 1-112-187 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11911

Unique identifier UC130268

Legacy Identifier CHS-20377.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 41.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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