Double bow knot of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad, viewed from Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, about 1900

Item Overview

Title

Double bow knot of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad, viewed from Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, about 1900

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[circa 1900]

Date

1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph looking southeast down the mountainside of Mount Tamalpais towards the double bow knot of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad and surrounding area. Shrubbery stands in the immediate foreground. Looking beyond that, a bird's-eye view looking southeast from Mt. Tamalpais looks across the Marin County peninsula. At center, the double bow knot section of railroad tracks climbs up the mountainside. In the distance and to the left of the tracks, Mill Valley is visible. The Marin County peninsula stretches into the background towards San Francisco Bay.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 971. Mt Tamalpais. About 1900. 3 views of track. 1 of the train. 1 of the station. 5 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Co.

Location

California--Marin County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Landscapes (Representations)
Peninsulas--California
Railroad tracks--California--Marin County
Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)