Railroad and suspension bridges at Folsom, Sacramento County – Historic Reproduction
![Railroad and suspension bridges at Folsom, Sacramento County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/05575f4d5f29-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Railroad and suspension bridges at Folsom, Sacramento County brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Railroad and suspension bridges at Folsom, Sacramento County
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Few gallery views put a railroad and a suspension bridge in the same frame, and this one shows both at Folsom, the Sacramento County town that grew up around gold-rush mining and became an early rail terminus in California. The Sacramento Valley Railroad reached Folsom in the 1850s, linking the foothills to the river port at Sacramento, so the tracks here mark a transport link that changed how ore, timber and supplies moved through the region. This print is a half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, published around 1866 according to its record, and the library holds only this side. Its albumen surface and stereo format are typical of the period's commercial views.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1052. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified data from item. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,600 × 3,000 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115850 |
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