Guide to the Central Pacific Railroad Construction Photographs
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: PC0016
Creator:
Lawrence & Houseworth.
Title: Lawrence and Houseworth Central Pacific Railroad construction photographs
Dates: 1866-1868
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet (14 photoprints)
Summary: Collection includes views of individual Central Pacific locomotives, and scenes along the Central Pacific route up the west
side of the Sierra Nevada.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Central Pacific Railroad Construction Photographs (PC0016). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Alternative Formats
This collection has been scanned.
Description of the Collection
Collection includes views of individual Central Pacific locomotives, and scenes along the Central Pacific route up the west
side of the Sierra Nevada.
Access Terms
Central Pacific Railroad --Construction --Pictorial works.
Lawrence & Houseworth.
California--Description and travel--Views.
Photoprints.
Railroads--California.
Stereographs.
Photographs
1866-1868
Photographs, 1866-1868
Box 1, Folder 1
#33 Locomotive Nevada at Colfax
Box 1, Folder 2
#34 Locomotive Atlantic at Colfax
Box 1, Folder 4
#36 Colfax, from the south
Box 1, Folder 5
#37 Teamsters camp at Colfax
Box 1, Folder 6
#38 Canyon of American River from West Cape Horn and RR at the left
Box 1, Folder 7
#41 Long Ravine Bridge near view
Box 1, Folder 8
#50 Tunnel Hill cut, first view
Box 1, Folder 9
#50 Tunnel Hill cut, second view
Box 1, Folder 11
#134 Central Pacific Railroad, Bridge over Dry Creek
Box 1, Folder 12
#135 Locomotive Conness on the Trestling
Box 1, Folder 13
#148 American River Bridge
