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Alfred A. Hart — Am. River and Canon from Cape Horn, River below Railroad 1,400 feet. 57 miles from Sacramento, No. 44 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Railroad"

Alfred A. Hart

Am. River and Canon from Cape Horn, River below Railroad 1,400 feet. 57 miles from Sacramento, No. 44 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Railroad"

1864

Taken from the dramatic vantage point of Cape Horn, this stereocard demonstrates both the sublime beauty of the Sierra Nevada and the engineering audacity required to build a railroad through such terrain.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Alfred A. Hart, Am. River and Canon from Cape Horn, River below Railroad 1,400 feet. 57 miles from Sacramento, No. 44 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Railroad", 1864

Taken from the dramatic vantage point of Cape Horn, this stereocard demonstrates both the sublime beauty of the Sierra Nevada and the engineering audacity required to build a railroad through such terrain.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1864
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Industrial, Series, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Stereograph, Documentary, 19th Century, Architectural, American, Historical Photography, Landscape, Engineering, Nature, Realism, Western American

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