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Title	Alta with ''Smelts train''
Creator	Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date	ca. 1866-1869
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Central Pacific Railroad
Place	Alta, Placer County, California
Description	The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) reached Dutch Flat (70 miles of track), which is adjacent to Alta, in July 1866. Sources: Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum; Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum; Wikipedia. This is one of 364 stereo view photographs taken between 1864 and 1869 by Sacramento, California photographer Alfred A. Hart. Hart was one of the official photographers who documented the construction of the CPRR between Sacramento, California, and Promontory Summit, Utah. U.S. history was made when the CPRR and the Union Pacific Railroad were joined at Promontory Summit in May 1869, thereby creating the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Sources: Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum; The J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Notes	Verso: [handwritten in ink] Alta with ''Smelts train'' waiting for 3:30 time for starting. 29.
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855524
Keywords	railroads; trains; CPRR; First Transcontinental Railroad; U.S. West
Physical Description	1 photographic print on carte de visite mount: albumen; 6 x 10 cm.
Form/Genre	Cartes de visite Card photographs Albumen prints Photographs
Railway Line	Central Pacific Railroad Company
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 4921 w x 3041 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 4921 w x 3041 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Call Number	Ag1985.0353
Upload File Name	ag1985_0353_07_c_alta.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag1985_0353_07_r_alta.tif; ag1985_0353_07_v_alta.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1985-0353
Digital Collection	Railroads: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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