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Southern Pacific Sierra Snow Scene photograph album
MS 769
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Title: Southern Pacific Sierra Snow Scene photograph album
Dates: Jan. - Apr. 1938
Collection Number: MS 769
Creator/Collector:
Southern Pacific
Extent: 1 album
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Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This album includes photographs of snow and snow fighting.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff
to arrange for access.
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 Sierra Snow Scene photograph album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
This album is a wealth of beautiful black and white photographs dating from Jan. 30, 1938 through Apr. 11, 1938 depicting
snow fighting with rotary snow plows to hand digging out of the snow. Includes photos of snow formations created by the
wind and also being plowed.
Locations include Emigrant Gap, Crystal Lake, Yuba Pass, Cisco, Butte Canyon, Soda Springs, Norden, and Truckee.
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