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Lantern slides of railroad and mining scenes [graphic].
BANC PIC 1990.009--LANLOCAL
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Title:
Lantern slides of railroad and mining scenesCreator/Contributor:
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908Abstract:
Slides of photographs by Alfred Hart relating to trains show tracks, track construction, tunnels, bridges, railroad cuts,
depots, and related scenes. Other Hart photographs show street scenes, wagons, logging, hydraulic mining, mining camps, construction,
and Superintendent Strowbridge and family (at Alta). Hart photos show the following areas: Colfax, Sacramento, the Mother
Lode region, Sierra-Nevada mountain scenes, the American River, etc. Portraits show Louis Agassiz, Robert Aitken, and many
others (including various California pioneers). Slides of train ephemera show train maps, schedules, documents, cartoons,
and also include some photographs of Central Pacific Railroad activities in California.
Date:
ca. 1860-ca. 1889?, reproduced later (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAgassiz, Louis -- 1807-1873 -- Portraits
Central Pacific Railroad Company -- Pictorial works
Railroads -- California -- Photographs
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Photographs
Transportation -- California -- Photographs
Pioneers -- California -- Photographs
California -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographed (at least largely) by Alfred Hart.
Captioned in manuscript.
Slides of A.A. Hart views appear to have been made from uncropped stereograph halves, capturing a wider view than mounted
stereo versions.
Type:
graphicLantern slides.
Physical Description:
graphic
slide
309 slides : lantern, b&w ; 10 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1990.009--LANLOCAL