Chinese railroad workers unknown photograph
Does anyone have any information about the Chinese railroad workers in the unknown image shown below?
Source, photographer, railroad, location, date, etc. ????
Thanks!
Source, photographer, railroad, location, date, etc. ????
Thanks!
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 12:14 PM
5 Comments:
This inquiry is for Kelly Condit-Shrestha, cond0092@umn.edu,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of History,
University of Minnesota.
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
That was on the Loma Prieta Branch of Southern Pacific in the early 1880's.
—Kyle
From: "Kelly Condit-Shrestha" cond0092@umn.edu
Thanks again for your generous offer of help! I'm writing to let you know that I was able to discover (with some other outside help) one holding collection of the photograph: The Revelstoke Railway Museum and Archives ...
—Kelly
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
The Pajaro Valley Historical Society, in Watsonville, California has a similar Loma Prieta Branch view with Chinese, and may have others, including your view.
—Kyle
Thanks again for your help! I just wanted to let you know that it turns out that the Pajaro Valley Historical Association archive does indeed hold the image I was looking for. ...
—Kelly
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