Bluffs in Donner Pass, 500 ft high, C.P.R.R.

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Bluffs in Donner Pass, 500 ft high, C.P.R.R.

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Alfred A. Hart

American Photographer · 1816–1908

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As official photographer of the Central Pacific Railroad, Alfred A. Hart spent five years documenting the construction of this legendary railroad from Sacramento, California, to Promontory Summit, Utah. Between 1864 and 1869, Hart accompanied the engineers and crews as they made their way across valleys, deserts, and mountains, building trestles, digging tunnels, and constructing enormous embankme

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1862–1869
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Albumen silver print
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American
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Photographs
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View of a dirt road curving through the right side of the frame; to the left is a bluff, with a thin strip of water or river between them.

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