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Title
View of the forks of the American River, 3 miles above Alta, 155
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date Created and/or Issued
1863-1869
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Yellow mount, yellow back.
Shows engine no. 22, men and child, overlooking American Rive Canyon. "Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, for the stereoscope and album" -- verso. "Central Pacific Railroad, California" -- front.
Stereo-5814.
Mead Kibbey;
Type
image
Format
Stereographic
Stereograph card
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print : stereograph ; 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001607357CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroads--California--Placer County
Railroad locomotives--California--Placer County
Rivers--California--Placer County
Canyons--California--Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
American River Canyon (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Stereographs
Place
California
Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)
American River Canyon (Calif.)

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