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"Academic politics is so vicious because so little
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—Aphorism attributed to Henry Kissinger.
Photographer and link to related CPRR Museum Catalog
- Links to individual Central Pacific Railroad images
- \ and to images on related topics such as city views, Chinese, etc.
- at the California Heritage Collection ...
Alfred A. Hart Stereograph Collection Relating to the Central Pacific Railroad, ca. 1866-1869
Hart (Catalog)
Muybridge (Catalog)(Catalog includes the CPRR Museum links to Muybridge railroad images)
- 1120 (New Series). Summit Station With West End of Tunnel. C.P.R.R.
- 1104 (New Series). Soda Springs, Near the Summit C.P.R.R.
- 1106. Mary Hopkin's Cottage, Soda Springs.
- 1112 (New Series). Rounding Cape Horn. C.P.R.R.
- 1114 (New Series). The Cañon of the American River, from Cape Horn, C.P.R.R.
- 1115 (New Series). Filling in Secret Town Trestle, C.P.R.R. [Chinese RR Workers]
- 1117 (New Series). Summit Valley, Castle Peak and Snow Sheds. C.P.R.R.
- 1118 (New Series). Summit Valley and Donner Peak, C.P.R.R.
- 1119. Lake Mary-Summit, C.P.R.R.
- 1122 (New Series). Donner Lake. C.P.R.R.
- 1124. Reno-View East, C.P.R.R.
- \Cliff House. San Francisco.
- \Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, [San Francisco]
Houseworth (Catalog)Savage & Ottinger (Catalog)
- 1236. Section of the Long Ravine Bridge -- 120 feet high.
- 1261. Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad, at Cisco, Placer County. [1866]
- 1293. Bridge at the Second Crossing of the Truckee River, Nevada.
- 1307. Tunnel No.1 -- Blue Canon, C. P. R. R.
- 1310. Looking down the American River -- From the C. P. R. R. above Alta.
- 1317. Secret Town Bridge -- 1,100 ft. long, 95 ft. high.
- 1326. The Valley -- 1,400 feet below Cape Horn.
- 1327. American River -- From Cape Horn.
- 1329. C. P. R. R. Train at Cape Horn.
- 1330. C. P. R. R. Train rounding Cape Horn.
- 1333. Train rounding Cape Horn --View from the valley, 1,400 feet below.
Chas. Weitfle, Stereoscopic Views on Line of Union Pacific R. R.
- [UPRR Engine #119]
- Devil's Slide, showing trade. [UPRR]
- (Devil's Gate Weber Canyon Utah) [UPRR]
- \(E. Temple St. Salt Lake City.)
- \Scene on East Temple Street.
- 60. Cascade & Falls, Ogden Canon, Utah.
- 401. "Pulpit Rock" Echo Canon, U. P. R. R.
- 414. Devil's Gate, Weber Canon.
- 416. "The Devil's Slide" Weber Canon.
- 417. Devil's Gate Mountain, Weber Canon.
- 420. 1,000 Mile Tree, Weber Canon.
- \429. "Fort Nonsense" near Sherman.
- \434. The Tabernacle, Salt Lake City.
- \435. The Late Brigham Young's Residence.
- 449. View near Ogden, Utah. U. P. R. R.
William Henry Jackson, Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad (Catalog) Savage & Ottinger (Catalog) Chas. Weitfle, Stereoscopic Views on the Line of the Union Pacific R. R.
E. & H.T. AnthonyC. Bierstadt Alfred A. Hart [including *published by Frank Durgan, and C. Watkins**] (Catalog)
- \67. View of Sacramento.
- 68. Front Street, with the Levee, Sacramento.
- 68. Front Street, with the Levee, Sacramento.
- \75. St. George's Hotel, Sacramento.
- \76. J. Street, Sacramento.
- \101. Mirror Lake, Watkins' and Clouds' Rest, Mts. and Reflections.
- 7148. John Chinaman on the Rail Road.
Houseworth (Catalog)
- 76. Giant's Gap, American River, 2,500 feet perpendicular. 72 miles from Sacramento.**
- 113. Castle Peak from Grant's Butte, Western Summit.**
- 166. Emigrant Gap Tunnel, Wall and Snow Covering.*
- 168. Bear Valley, 85 miles from Sacramento.*
- 227. Profile Rock, near the first crossing of the Truckee River.*
- 261. Railroad around Crested Peak. View from Foot of Donner Lake.
- 339. Alcove in Palisades, Ten Mile Cañon.**
- \[The World as seen in California: Water Lily in bloom]
- \[Scenes in the Valley of the Sacramento: View across rooftops]
Wm. B. Ingersoll Additional Muybridge stereoviews
- \105. Kearney [Kearny] Street, west side, from Commercial to Clay Street, San Francisco.
- \129. Stockton St. looking North from Clay. [San Francisco]
- \149. Montgomery St., San Francisco, from Market St. Instantaneous.
- \149. Montgomery St., San Francisco, from Market St. Instantaneous.
- \292. Vallejo Street Wharf. [Ships]
- \294. The City Front, Broadway Wharf. [San Francisco]
- 295. The Sacramento Steamer Chrysopolis.
- \357. General View of the City, from corner Sacramento & Powell Sts. [San Francisco]
- \502. Lincoln School House, Fifth Street near Market. [San Francisco, 1866]
- \526. The City --from corner Jones and California Streets, looking towards Mission Bay. [San Francisco]
- \560. Telegraph Hill -- From the Nucleus Hotel, corner Market and Third Streets. [San Francisco]
- \621. Feeding the Teams, Scene on Placerville Route.
- \652. The Saw Mill. Scene in the Valley of Lake Tahoe.
- 776. Summit Valley, the Head-waters of the Yuba River. Donner Peak and Pass in the Distance.
- 844. Donner Lake and Eastern Summit. From the road on the Western Summit.
- 1069. Sacramento River, from the Bridge at Sacramento City.
- 1075. The River and Steamers at Sacramento City.
- 1093. Jehovah Gap, American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, Placer County.
- 1095. American River from the C. P. R. R. around Cape Horn. Bridge and Road to Yakee Jim's Placer Co.
- \1167. Bear River Bridge. Stage Road from Colfax to Grass Valley.
- 1201. J. Street, Sacramento, from Hastings' Block.
- 1207. Cabin of the Sacramento River Steamer Capital.
- 1270. The Summit of Castle Peak, 10,000 feet altitude. An extinct Volcano near Donner Pass -- Central Pacific Railroad.
- 1328. C. P. R. R. Train at Cape Horn.
- 1496. Eastern Bound Train, leaving Oakland Point, Western Pacific Railroad.
- Dutch Flat, Placer County --from the South.
- \San Francisco Bay. [Boat]
- \[San Francisco, 1865]
J. J. Reilly (Catalog)
- San Jose Train Depot
- \850. The "Heathen Chinee" with Pick and Shovel. [Chinese, Gold Mining]
- \853. Celestial Diggins, Mongolian Flat, in 1849. [Chinese, Gold Mining]
A. J. Russell (Catalog) C. R. Savage (Catalog) John P. Soule I. W. Taber C. Watkins Unknown Photographer
- Donner Lake and Snow Sheds, C. P. R. R., Cal.
- Coming through the Palisades, C. P. R. R.
- Cape Horn, from Colfax, C. P. R. R.
- [Stanford's Mansion?]
- \122. Birdseye View of Sacramento from the top of State Capitol, Cal.
- \123. Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- \125. Safe Deposit Building, San Francisco, Cal.
- \142. Chinese Woman and Child, San Francisco, Cal.
- \Kearney [Kearny] Street, from Third Street, San Francisco, Cal.
- \The Bonanza Bank Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal.
- "Across the continent." Engraving, H. Schile.
- "California Terminus of the Central Pacific Railroad." Engraving, April 6, 1871.
- "Snow sheds at summit station, the end of the up-grade on the C.P.R.R." Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 27, 1878.
- "Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains." Engraving from a sketch by Joseph Becker.
- [Transcontinental railroad board game.] Geo. Thistleton, San Francisco, 1872.
- [Chinese Advertisement for CPRR Shipping at $2/ton.] Britton & Rey, Jan. 3, 1870.
- [California News Notes map of SPRR/CPRR connection at Goshen.] Timetable map with newspaper, Sept. 9, 1876.
- "Union Pacific Railroad, a trip across the North American Continent from Omaha to Ogden." Ten chromolithographs from the Nelson Guidebook, c. 1871.
Judah, Theodore Dehone, 1826-1863, CPRR Chief Engineer
Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878, CPRR Director
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900, CPRR Director
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893, 8th California Governor 1862-1863, CPRR President
Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894, 9th California Governor, 1863-1867, born Winterport, Maine
Haight, Henry Huntly, 1825-1878, 10th California Governor, 1867-1871
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904, Photographer
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, Photographer who acquired and published Alfred A. Hart's negatives
Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912, Photographer who acquired and published Carleton Watkins' negatives
Hill, Thomas, 1829-1908, (Artist of "The Last Spike" Painting)
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918, Collector, Editor of multivolume "History of California"
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885, (Author of "Bits of Travel at Home")
Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, (Author of 1938 book, "The Big Four")
Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901, (Author of 1872 book "California for Health, Wealth and Residence")
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902, (Author of 1901 book "The Octopus")
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, (Author of "Across the Plains")
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