El Capitan Southern Pacific passenger ferry underway beam view
Entry/Object ID
P-03086
Description
Photo reproduction of painting
"In July 1868 an elegant new steamer was placed in ferry service by the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad Company between Oakland Wharf and San Francisco. The following year Oakland became the western terminus of the first Transcontinental railroad and the 'El Capitan' continued in ferry service for more than half a century."
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White
Collection
Photograph Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Southern Pacific Railroad
Date made
circa 1868
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Print, Photographic, IV-D-1 Ferries, except San Diego
