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Description
1989-1208. In: [Scenes of Sacramento] [manuscript] / Eugene Walter Hepting. [Sacramento, Calif. : E. Hepting, 1938?], Vol. C, leaf 9. View of the horizontal planks of a building with a sign cut off by the left border of the photo; Sign says: "Sacramento Valley RR. 1855 First railroad on Pacific Coast. Ran from here to Folsom, 22 miles, where 21 Stages met trains to carry miners to gold diggings." Walter Hepting was born in Sacramento (father was from Switzerland, mother from Germany). Worked for the State Treasurer's Office. Was amateur historian, collected old photographs and images of Sacramento. "Starting place of the Sacramento Valley Railroad. First railroad in California."
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001392755CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-6102
Language
English
Subject
Sacramento Valley Railroad--Photographs Historical markers--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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