California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927

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Two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927

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Photograph of two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927. Two sets of railroad tracks can be seen running from the foreground to the background at center. Two large locomotives are visible at center, facing to the foreground. A crowd of people can be seen gathered around the trains. Large buildings are visible in the background at left and at right.

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Title Two locomotives at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's arrival in California, 1927

Subject Anniversaries (lcsh), Locomotives (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927

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 1927

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-m1536

Identifier 44123 (accession number), CHS-44123 (call number), CHS-44123 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2398 (legacy record id), chs-m1536 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1584 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2398

Unique identifier UC116513

Legacy Identifier CHS-44123.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.7 in × 20.4 in at 300dpi
29.9 cm × 51.9 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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