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MS 786
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Title: California Western Railroad & Navigation Co. photograph album
Dates: Undated
Collection Number: MS 786
Creator/Collector:
California Western Railroad & Navigation Company
Extent: 1 album
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This appears to be a railroad-produced souvenir photo album of the scenery and sights along the California Western Railroad
& Navigation, an independent short line that ran (and still runs) betweeen Willits and Ft. Bragg.
Language of Material: English
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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.
California Western Railroad & Navigation Co. photograph album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of Gilbert H. Kneiss
Scope and Content of Collection
This appears to be a railroad-produced souvenir photo album of the scenery and sights along the California Western Railroad
& Navigation, an independent short line that ran (and still runs) betweeen Willits and Ft. Bragg. The road's trademark name
was "The Califonia Scenic Line".
This album contains fifty-six 8 x 10" sepia toned photographs. These are not traditional photographs but some sort of photo
process, probably rotogravure, which produces a dense image that is not as clean as offset. Each image is printed on a heavy
card stock that is bound into the album at the left edge.
Since this was a souvenir album sold to the public, there are a variety of scenes, including trains, tent accommodations at
the Noyo River Tavern, fly fishing, logging, and downtown Ft. Bragg.
[Album 26]