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Soil map, California, Los Angeles sheet.

Description: Map shows soil composition, roads, railroads, city and town street layout, structures, and watershed. Includes soil profile and legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:62,500].
Date: 1903
Creator: Mesmer, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Alkali map, California, Los Angeles sheet.

Description: Map shows alkali soil composition, roads, railroads, marshes, lakes, waterways, cities, towns, and structure locations. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:63,360].
Date: 1903
Creator: United States Bureau of Soils
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Early "California Limited" entering Los Angeles]

Description: One of the early "California Limiteds" entering the suburbs of Los Angeles, possibly dating from the late 1870's. The ten-wheeler, type 4-6-0, heading the train bears an original Santa Fe engine No. 54, indicative of ancient age. At the turn of the century the Santa Fe owned a large fleet of these locomotives: 478 ten-wheelers; these were versatile engines, known as "Jack of all Trades." However, no steam locomotives of this type were built to Santa Fe blueprints later than 1901. Observe the … more
Date: 1870~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The California Limited"]

Description: Santa Fe's oldest name train - the California Limited stand in the Los Angeles California depot. This de Luxe passenger train headed by a beautiful ten wheeler, type 4-6-0 engine No. 53, with a consist of six superb passenger cars, all handcrafted wood - having open platforms and under body truss rods - has consummated its long journey - approximately 2,267 miles - requiring about 68 hours - from Chicago.
Date: 1910~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Splintered Railroad Tracks]

Description: Photograph of railroad tracks in San Fernando, California splintered by the San Fernando earthquake. There is an individual walking along the railroads tracks and there are rows of telephone poles along the side. A mountainous landscape is stretching across the width of the photo.
Date: February 9, 1971
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Misaligned Railroad Tracks]

Description: Photograph of railroad tracks in San Fernando, California misaligned by the San Fernando earthquake. There is electrical equipment in the surrounding area and a large machine is located on the adjacent tracks.
Date: February 9, 1971
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[G. W. Harris Business Card]

Description: Business card for G. W. Harris. On the bottom left of the card "Chief Engineer A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co. Coast Lines" and on the bottom right "1005 Kerckhoff Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal." A handwritten note on the back of the card says "Personal friend of Myers."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[News Script: Train_ 1 and Train_2]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas chief and super chief names of two well known iron horses of the Santa Fe railroad who are being retired before the summer.
Date: March 8, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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