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Title
Central Pacific Railroad - View from Bloomer Cut, looking North, Placer County. # 1099.
Contributor
Thomas Houseworth & Co
Date Created and/or Issued
c1868
Publication Information
San Francisco : Thomas Houseworth & Co
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-1829
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO.: # 1099.
Photographer's number 1099.
Orange mount; pink verso.
On front: "Central Pacific Railroad. By Thomas Houseworth & Co." On reverse: "Paris International Exhibition 1867, the highest prize, A Bronze Medal..." includes image of front and back of medal.
View of the Central Pacific Railroad tracks leading up the center of the image, through a deep cut in a hill. Trees are visible into the distance on either side.
Negative, no. 28,544 (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)001389196CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2508
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroad tracks--California--Placer County
Railroad cuts--California--Placer County
Railroads--California--Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)

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