Today's find from the photo morgue is in honor of National Train Day!
Caption:
Members of the first women track gang on SP [Southern Pacific] lines, organized at Watsonville, California. March 27, 1943.
Want more information on trains? Come up to the 6th Floor for information on railroads; from the Market Street Railway to the Mt. Tamalpais Railroad - "the Crookedest Railroad in the World".
The Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920’s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco History Collection comes from the News-Call Bulletin morgue. However, the morgue also includes national and international subjects that have not been digitized or cataloged.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Photo and caption from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue, courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
Caption:
Members of the first women track gang on SP [Southern Pacific] lines, organized at Watsonville, California. March 27, 1943.
Want more information on trains? Come up to the 6th Floor for information on railroads; from the Market Street Railway to the Mt. Tamalpais Railroad - "the Crookedest Railroad in the World".
The Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920’s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco History Collection comes from the News-Call Bulletin morgue. However, the morgue also includes national and international subjects that have not been digitized or cataloged.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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