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Title
C.P.R.R. Train at Cape Horn. # 1329
Contributor
Thomas Houseworth & Co
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1864 and 1867]
Publication Information
San Francisco : Thomas Houseworth & Co
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-1843
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO.: # 1329
Photographer's number 1329
Orange mount; pink verso.
View of passenger cars and rear end of train stopped on the tracks at Cape Horn. Many people are visible in the windows of the train, and several are standing on the tracks and ground nearby. Rocky cliff to the right, tree capped hill visible beyond.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001389653CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2968
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--California--Placer County
Railroad cars--California--Placer County
Cape Horn (Calif : Cliff)--Photographs
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Placer County
Cape Horn (Calif : Cliff)
Placer County (Calif.)

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