Name/Title
Photo Central Pacific / Southern Pacific locomotive #173, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1997.635.1Description
Acc. No. 97.635.1
Subject Category: Transportation - Steam Trains
Date or Period: Ca. 1900
Object: Photograph
Description: Modern black/white photocopy of a vintage image, mounted on black paperboard, Incorporated into the photocopy is a typed description label affixed to the upper right corner of the original image. The original photographer is unknown.
Size: L-8 x W-10 in.
History of Object: View of locomotive #173 - the first ever built at the Central Pacific (now Southern Pacific) shop in Sacramento, October, 1872. It was in use in Alameda for many years. The original image is from the Southern Pacific Collection.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/15/97
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
