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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 B. & H., undetermined
Date Created and/or Issued
[18--]
Publication Information
Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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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.
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): B. & H.; (LR): From a sketch by Joseph Becker.
Type
image
Format
Print on paper: engraving 43.2 x 56.4 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3q2nb5qk
BANC PIC 1963.002:0808--C
Subject
Chinese
Laborers
Railroads
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

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