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Denver Public Library
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Emigrant Gap - looking west from the tunnel
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Call Number
Z-5424
Creator
Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Date
1860-1885
Summary
View of a Central Pacific Railroad train at Emigrant Gap in Placer County, California. Shows a track on a ridge reinforced with a stone retaining wall and logs and stone rubble.
Physical Description
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 8 x 16 cm (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--19th century
Emigrant Gap (Calif. : Mountain pass)
Placer County (Calif.)
Railroads--California--Placer County--19th century
Retaining walls--California--Placer County--19th century
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image file: ZZR711005424
Type of Material
Albumen prints
Photographic prints
Black & white photographs
Stereographs
Notes
Condition: soiled, discolored. Formerly F33132. Title printed on stereo card; at head of title: "1268." Also reads: "Central Pacific Railroad," and "No. 9 Montgomery St. (under Lick House), S.F. Photographs made to order in any part of the State or Coast." Penciled: "6."; R7110054248
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Thomas Houseworth & Co.,
Emigrant Gap - looking west from the tunnel
(1860-1885). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 11/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1109310