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Title
Crested Peak and Tunnel No. 10, Eastern slope of Western Summit.
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Contributor
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1868]
Publication Information
San Francisco : Watkins
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-0362
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: CPRR: WATKINS, # 256
Attributed to Hart, negatives purchased from Hart by C.E. Watkins.
Photographer's no. 256.
Orange mount; pink back.
On front: "Watkins' Pacific Coast".
View of construction of railroad; shows frame for snow shed being built on tracks in front of tunnel entrance; white tents at right of tunnel. Alfred A. Hart, photographer.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001379286CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-2539
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroad tunnels--California--Nevada County
Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Nevada County
Snowsheds--California--Nevada County
Railroad construction workers
Tents--California--Nevada County
Mountains--California
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)

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