- Additional Authors
- Description
- 25 stereographs (photographic prints) : albumen, some col.; 85 x 175 mm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Views along the Central Pacific Railroad: Bloomer Cut; train crossing Long Ravine Bridge near Colfax, men on flat cars; Secrettown Bridge; Giant's Gap; Black Butte and houses on Crystal Lake; wagons on rutted road through rocky landscape, near Summit Tunnel; general view of Colfax, looking east; interior view of snow shed frame; wagons and horse teams throng Main Street in Cisco; snowy view of the summits of the Sierras; group stands on road at lower right, near tunnel, view of Donner Lake from Summit Tunnel; Chinese workers, one with yoke and buckets, at creek at Coldstream; railroad locomotive in foreground of view of J Street, Sacramento from the levee; two views of the bridge, 4th crossing of the Truckee River, 147 miles from Sacramento; track running along baslatic rocks, lower canyon of Truckee; Truckee River and R.R. at Lime Point; Pleasant Valley, lower canyon of the Truckee, looking west, another view looking east; Winnemucca town and peak; Ogden and the Wahsatch Range.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Cityscapes.
- Artists' signatures.
- Albumen prints.
- Photographic prints.
- Stereographs.
- Note
- Title and statement of responsibility from labels. Most views have titles printed on mount, with captions on paper pasted to mount. Some views have hand-written captions, and are signed. Some labels read "Photographed and Published for the Central Pacific Railroad...." Includes views "Photographed and published by Frank Durgan" that duplicate Hart views.
- Includes one hand-colored view.
- Views are numbered:12, 41, 74, 76, 93, 120, 136, 150, 163, 183, 187, 203, 207, 214, 279, 279, 296, 299, 301, 302, 320, 363.
- Access (note)
- Cite As (note)
- Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Call Number
- MFY Dennis Coll 92-F102
- OCLC
- NYPG92-F102
- Author
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908, photographer.
- Title
Central Pacific Railroad [graphic] / Alfred A. Hart.
- Imprint
Sacramento, Cal. : Alfred A. Hart, 1864?-1869?
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Durgan, Frank. Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 92-F102