Name/Title
Photos dedication transcontinental train plaque at N. A. S., 1952Entry/Object ID
1997.621.1Description
Acc. No. 97.621.1 (a-g)
Subject Category: Transportation - Steam Trains
Date or Period: 1952
Object: Photographs
Description: Set of glossy black/white photos, unmounted. Photographer unknown. Images #a, b, c, and e have a white typed description label glued to their bottom edge.
Size: L-8 x W-10 in.
History of Object: Scenes from the dedication ceremony for a plaque at the N.A.S. commemorating the first transcontinental passenger train journey from New York City to Alameda completed on Sept. 6, 1869. Image #a - guests listening to speaker, a wood-burning locomotive is seen in the background; #b-officials standing beside the dedicated plaque; #c-Joseph R. Knowland addressing the guests; #d-Claude Peterson of the Southern Pacific Railroad addressing the crowd; #e-close-up view of the old locomotive; #f-passenger car close-up; #g-close-up of the bronze plaque.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/01/97
Pre-1971 donation. old cat. #200 series.
