"Wedding of the rails", a re-enactment of the ceremony celebrating the connection of Los Angeles and San Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1926

Photograph of the "Wedding of the rails", a re-enactment of the ceremony celebrating the connection of Los Angeles and San Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1926. A man standing in the center of a large crowd parts the way while holding a large hammer over his shoulder. The man stands on railroad tracks while a second set is visible in the foreground. Two train engines face towards each other on the left and right while more people can be seen standing on a platform in the center background.