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Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Title: Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Creator: Becker, Joseph (1841-1910), American, artist, artist
Contributor: Becker, Joseph (1841-1910), American, artist, artist
B. & H., undetermined, undetermined
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Publication Information: TheBancroftLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Chinese in California Virtual Collection: Selections from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Winter scene with train and cars (C.P.R.R.) emerging from snowsheds as Chinese workers come down to greet train; snow-covered hills and mountains in distance.
Type: image
Format: 43.2 x 56.4 cm.
Form/Genre: Engravings
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9q2nb3sh
BANC PIC 1963.002:0808--C
Subject: Chinese
Laborers
Railroads
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

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