Object number:
H97.1.61
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1890
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Tribune caption on the back, "Oct. 7, 1951-- No. 2 at the Fruit Vale station. The picture was made 61 years agon, in 1890." Handwritten in pencil above caption, "Locomotive #2 with Single Coach at Fruit Vale Station in 1890. Leone Heights RR." Photo shows a train engine with its coal car and a passenger car stopped at a station. Three men are standing on the ground beside the car and two more men are posed in the engine's steering house.
Concepts:
train; train station
Places:
Fruitvale District; Jingletown
Persons:
Leone Heights Railroad
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