Gilbert H. Kneiss photographs, 1939-1942

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Gilbert H. Kneiss photographs, 1939-1942

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The collection consists of 1 photographic print of a cable car in front of the San Francisco Ferry Terminal and 3 black-and-white negatives of railroad cars at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650044

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Nevada Central Railroad

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Narrow gauge railroad operating on a line between Austin and Battle Mountain, Nev., from 1879 until 1938; originally named the Nevada Central Railway, it operated for three years (1879-1881); in 1881 the Nevada Central Railway was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad but lack of income and the need for maintenance gave the Union Pacific reason to allow the line to be sold at bankruptcy to the stockholders and original owners, the Stokes family; a new company, the Nevada Central Railroad was e...

Kneiss, Gilbert H.

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...