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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West's Buick parked alongside a snowshed at the Donner Summit crossing. The car is parked left-of-center. It is viewed from the back and the side; it faces right. The road extends in front of the car towards the right. A railroad crossing post stands at the end of the road. A wooden snowshed stands alongside the car at right and extends across the image, narrowing as it approaches the right. Right-of-center and in front of the car, there is an opening in the snowshed. A sign extending over it reads, "STOP CARS." Text from negative sleeve: 1059. Trinity County trip, 1917. Summit, Calif. Between Donner Lake and Cisco. The garage man at Reno warned us against trying to go over the summit. Said we could not make it. I left Donner Lake with the old Buick and 20 minutes later took the first picture on the grade close to the summit in the snow sheds. 1. The Buick close to the summit. 2. The Buick just ready to slide over the summit and thru the snow shed. Note the crossing bell at left. The opening was thru the snow shed and across the tracks. Sure dangerous xg. 2 films
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