Image / The American River - from Cape Horn, 1,400 feet below. # 1239.

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Title: The American River - from Cape Horn, 1,400 feet below. # 1239.
Contributor: Thomas Houseworth & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Publication Information: San Francisco : Thomas Houseworth & Co
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: STEREO-1832
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO.: #1239
Photographer's number 1239
Orange mount; pink verso.
On Front: "CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD" and "THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO., SAN FRANCISCO."
View of the American river taken from the railroad tracks at Cape Horn in Nevada County, California. Railroad tracks are visible in the foreground, the river runs through the valley between the hills in the distance.
Negative no. 28,545 (4x5 in.) - both sides
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier: (C)001389292CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2605
Subject: Central Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--California--Placer County
Railroad tracks--California--Placer County
Rivers--California--Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)

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