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Postcard, PictureEntry/Object ID
2017.030.0124Description
This is a divided back postcard of the Clock Tower and Army Point in Benicia. It is hand colored. It shows Suisun Bay, a railroad train, Mt. Diablo, etc. It is published by Frank J. Stumm of Benicia. The back is blank.
The locomotive seen in the distance is a 3001 Class A-1 steam engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 1902. It was serial number 20795 and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was retired on December 31, 1924, and scrapped at West Oakland on August 21, 1926. Information courtesy of Don Ross Group website, donrossgroup.netCollection
Costa Postcard Collection
