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Emigrant Gap - looking west from the tunnel

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Call NumberZ-5424CreatorThomas Houseworth & Co.Date1860-1885SummaryView 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 Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 8 x 16 cm (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCentral Pacific Railroad Company--19th centuryEmigrant Gap (Calif. : Mountain pass)Placer County (Calif.)Railroads--California--Placer County--19th centuryRetaining walls--California--Placer County--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR711005424Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesCondition: 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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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes