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This is an amazing albumen photograph that was just listed on eBay.
1870 San Pedro L.A. Harbor Port Family Beach Photo Ship & Railroad Los Angeles
What makes it amazing is what's happening on the pier behind the young family.
Seller
's description:
... "Visible in the background is a train on the pier of the newly constructed railroad built upon it in order to service, load / unload the anchored ships."
Shall we take a closer look?
Let's begin with the ship.
. . .and then I'll make my way towards land.
You know, the more I look at this pier the more I think it might be the 'mile long' pier between Santa Monica and Malibu.
. . .what do we have here?
...A locomotive!
Let's see if we can see any information on the locomotive.
Nope.
Now for the human interest part of this saga:
Here's a closer look at the family. (chopped in two)
As you can see four of kids have wrapped themselves in Seaweed.
The poor mom looks exhausted.
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