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Description
STEREO-1828 STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO.: # 1098. Photographer's number 1098. Orange mount; pink verso. On front: "Central Pacific Railroad." and "Thomas Houseworth & Co., San Francisco." View of workers in the process of leveling ground for the railroad using the 'cut and fill' method. 7 horse-drawn wagons and a number of men are visible working on the large flat mound; many pine trees surround; in the bottom left corner of the image, a man in a light-colored coat and a flat light-colored hat stands with his back to the camera.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001389189CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-2501
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroads--California--Placer County Carts & wagons--California--Placer County Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Placer County Railroad construction workers--California--Placer County Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs Stereographs Photographic prints
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