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Rocky cut above Alta - and American River, 2,000 feet below

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Call NumberZ-5426CreatorThomas Houseworth & Co.Date1860-1885SummaryView of a Central Pacific Railroad cut and tracks near Alta (Placer County), California. The American River is far below.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 8 x 16 cm (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCentral Pacific Railroad Company--19th centuryAmerican River (Calif.)--19th centuryPlacer County (Calif.)--19th centuryRailroad cuts--California--Placer County--19th centuryRailroad tracks--California--Placer County--19th centuryRivers--California--Placer County--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR711005426Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesCondition: soiled and discolored. Formerly F30151. Title printed on stereo card; at head of title: "1309." 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: "8."; R7110054264

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