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[Alfred A. Hart stereograph views of Central Pacific Railroad construction].
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Title:
[Alfred A. Hart stereograph views of Central Pacific Railroad construction]Creator/Contributor:
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908, creator, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
Durgan, Frank, Printer.Abstract:
Stereograph views of construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, taken in various unidentified locations. Scenes include
a valley with a river in the distance (77?), construction cars and lumber along a river or other body of water (234), a graded
trail where tracks will be laid (279), and a river bank in a canyon with construction cars in the distance (336).
Date:
1866 (issued)Subject:
n-usp--Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Central Pacific Railroad Company -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Each print bears a hand-written number on the back.
Possibly printed by Frank Durgan.
Purchase from Pacific Book Auction Gallery ; 2022.
Alfred A. Hart was the official photographer of construction of the western portion of the Central Pacific Railroad from 1866
to 1869. Many of his negatives were known to have been printed by Frank Durgan.
Alfred A. Hart stereograph views of Central Pacific Railroad construction, BANC PIC 2022.156, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicStereographs.
Albumen prints.
Physical Description:
photoprint
4 photographs in 1 folder : unmounted albumen stereograph prints ; sheets 11 x 23 cm
Language:
English