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Title
Construction train on Alkali Desert, 311
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date Created and/or Issued
1863-1869
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Shows train on 40-mile desert. Train includes Stobridge's porch car, single and double dormitory cars. "Scenes on the Humboldt River, photographed and published by Alfred A. Hart" -- verso. "Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada" -- front.
Orange mount, pink back.
Stereo-5974.
Mead Kibbey;
Type
image
Format
Stereographic
Stereograph card
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print : stereograph ; 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001607875CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroad construction & maintenance--Nevada--Churchill County
Railroads--Nevada--Churchill County
Railroad cars--Nevada--Churchill County
Deserts--Nevada--Churchill County
Churchill County (Nev.)--Photographs
Fortymile Desert (Nev.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Stereographs
Place
Nevada
Churchill County
Churchill County (Nev.)
Fortymile Desert (Nev.)

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