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Title
First Crossing of the Truckee river. 133 miles from Sacramento. # 224.
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date Created and/or Issued
[186-]
Publication Information
Sacramento : Alfred A. Hart
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-1812
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: HART: # 224.
Photographer's no. 224.
Yellow mount; yellow verso.
"Central Pacific Railroad, California."-on front.
"Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the stereoscope and album"-on verso.
Shows wood planked wagon bridge in foreground, two boys, one holding bar which keeps bridge from floating away in high water, Hart's dog in foreground with shadow of Hart. New timber arch railway bridge in background.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001389170CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2482
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Nevada County
Railroad bridges--California--Nevada County
Truss bridges--California--Nevada County
Bridges--California--Nevada County
Rivers--California--Nevada County
Boys--California--Nevada County
Dogs--California--Nevada County
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Nevada County
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.)
Nevada County (Calif.)

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