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Pleasant Valley,NV - Washoe County - c1867 - Railroad Tracks along the Lower Truckee, Photograph :

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Pleasant Valley,NV - Washoe County - c1867 - Railroad Tracks along the Lower Truckee, Photograph :
This is a Stereoview of the Central Pacific Railroad along the Truckee River. Photograph measures 6”x 2 7/8”, yellow single matte 6 3/4”x 3 1/4”, medium contrast, and focus is good. There is a crease through the middle of the photograph and matte. Photographer identified as Alfred A. Hart. Hart photographed the route of the Central Pacific Railroad and documented the joining of east and west in Promontory, Utah, 1869. His gallery was located in Sacramento and he photographed throughout the 1860s. His most impressive Stereoview are of the Central Pacific Railroad. His negatives passed from Frank Durgan and Eli Dennison, then to J.H. Heering of San Jose, and finally to Carleton Watkins. Hart’s negatives were reproduced under all of the mentioned photographer’s names (Mautz). No. 301.