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Southern Pacific's West Oakland and Los Angeles Car Washers photograph album
MS 814
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Title: Southern Pacific's West Oakland and Los Angeles Car Washers photograph album
Dates: Jan. 12, 1948- Oct. 31, 1949
Collection Number: MS 814
Creator/Collector:
Southern Pacific Company
Extent: 1 album
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Photographs of car washers in Southern Pacific West Oakland and Los Angeles facilities.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Southern Pacific's West Oakland and Los Angeles Car Washers photograph album. California State Railroad Museum Library and
Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
The first half of the album shows car washers at West Oakland, California on January 12, 1948 on opening day. The locomotives
for the streamliner "City of San Francisco" are shown going through the washer. The second half of this album are of the
Los Angeles car washers and are dated between May 6, 1948 and October 31, 1949.
This album was professionally prepared for presentation at an offical meeting.
[Album 53]