F. W. Robinson, W. M. Jeffers, F. W. Charske, Carl R. Gray, and W. A. Harriman arrive in Los Angeles via railroad, 1934

Item Overview

Title

F. W. Robinson, W. M. Jeffers, F. W. Charske, Carl R. Gray, and W. A. Harriman arrive in Los Angeles via railroad, 1934

Date Created

October 19, 1934

Date

1934-10-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The rail flyer arrived in East Los Angeles station from Omaha three minutes ahead of schedule on its run of 33 hours and 45 minutes.
Photograph appears with the article, "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run East," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct 1934: A1.
The five men stand in a line on the railroad tracks in front of the train.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Executives of Union Pacific, upon their arrival here on what is called America's largest streamlined rail flyer. From left to right they are W. M. Jeffers, executive vice-president; F.W. Charske, chairman of executive committee; Carl R. Gray, president, and W. A. Harriman, chairman of the board of directors.
Handwritten on negative: F.W. Robinson W.M. Jeffers F.W. Charske Carl. R Gray W.A. Harriman
Text from negative sleeve: ROBINSON, F.W. UNION PACIFIC 1932 Historical well-known people

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Jeffers, William M.
Charske, Faunin W. (Faunin Woody), 1881-1953
Robinson, F.W.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1867-1939

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroads--California--Los Angeles
Business people--American--California--Los Angeles