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Railroad pier - looking toward Goat Island and San Francisco

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Call NumberZ-5422CreatorThomas Houseworth & Co.Date1860-1885SummaryView of Central Pacific Railroad track and a pier in Oakland (Alameda County), California; Goat Island (Yerba Buena Island) is in the distance.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 centuryOakland (Calif.)--19th centuryOakland Outer Harbor (Calif.)--19th centurySan Francisco Bay (Calif.)--19th centuryYerba Buena Island (Calif.)--19th centuryBays (Bodies of water)--California--Oakland--19th centuryHarbors--California--Oakland--19th centuryIslands--California--Oakland--19th centuryPiers & wharves--California--Oakland--19th centuryRailroad facilities--California--Oakland--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR711005422Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesCondition: soiled, discolored. Formerly F26151. Penciled on verso: "San Francisco is left of Goat Island. Golden Gate is behind Goat Island. Goat Island is in the view but nearly in sight on the left. One of the bluffs forming the Gate can be seen in the distance on the left and just behind Goat."; Title printed on stereo card; at head of title: "1476." Also reads: "Central Pacific Railroad," and "317 and 319 Montgomery Street, S.F." Penciled: "16."; R7110054222

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Railroad pier - looking toward Goat Island and San Francisco