Genre: news photographs / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Southern Pacific Railroad Company and Kelly, Richard E., b. 1877 or 8 / Subject: Transportation - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, July 1, 1922, Thousands See Giant Engines, “Prosperity Special” Reaches Los Angeles, Leviathans of Rail Brought by Southern Pacific, Will be Used to Haul Trains Over Mountains, Monsters of Rail Here to Serve. Cheered by thousands lining the tracks in Southern California towns as it madeits way into Los Angeles, the Southern Pacific Prosperity Special of twenty new Leviathans of the rails reached the city last night and was parked in the Figueroa-street switch at Exposition Park. …
Date:: 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Ten men, most in suits and ties, one in military uniform, some holding hats, standing on and near railroad tracks. R.E. Kelly, 2nd from left, W.H. Whalen, 6th from left.
Date:: 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection