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Identifier: pacifictourist1879will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist - Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, edited by Williams, Henry T, New York
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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Added by Commons editors: This appears to be an image of a chinese temple to Guan Yu (kwai tai), in San Francisco, though the text is heavily garbled from scan. this source, [1], confirms this is a temple in san francisco, though the text doesnt refer to this image specifically.
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Author (Illustrators): Thomas Moran, A.C. Warren, W. Snyder, F. Schell, H.W. Troy, A. Will
(Engravings): Meeder & Chubb.
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1879
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  • bookid:pacifictourist1879will
  • bookyear:1876
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Williams__Henry_T
  • bookauthor:Shearer__Frederick_E
  • booksubject:Union_Pacific_Railroad_Company
  • booksubject:Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company
  • booksubject:Railroad_travel
  • bookpublisher:New_York___H_T__Williams
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:327
  • bookcollection:americana
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27 July 2014

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