Description: PC0002 Image no. 223. Truckee River approaching the eastern summits
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1868
Photo location: Truckee River
Type: photo
Subject: Transcontinental Railroad Construction
County: Placer
Source: Stanford Collection
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Contributor: Stanford Libraries
Notes: Original image is 4 MB. HCS 1/14/2022. Image at Stanford site. See also Goldbaum and Huffman's 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 286. Enhanced at high resolution, a viewer can barely make out what appears to be ladies in long dresses on the locomotive San Mateo, suggesting a possible Sunday train excursion. Notably, this image is taken from almost the same place as Hart's image no. 221 except looking east. To see a higher resolution image, visit Stanford's online image. See also Glenn Willumson, Iron Muse (UC Press Berkeley 2013), p. 75.
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0044
Serial Number: 2098
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
