Upper Cisco from the Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot – Antique Wall Art
![Upper Cisco from the Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/11/118dc40fab9f-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 Upper Cisco from the Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot 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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Upper Cisco from the Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
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Upper Cisco, a mountain stop on the Central Pacific line, is the focus here, and its passenger depot sits where the railroad climbed toward the Sierra summit. The view was published in 1866 as part of the *Gems of California scenery* series, though the Library holds only one half of the original stereographic pair. In those years the Central Pacific was pushing track east through the high country along the Donner Pass route, so a depot in this place represented the rail link that was beginning to tie California to the rest of the continent. The caption details come from old, unverified data, so the image is best read as a glimpse of a construction-era station rather than a documented scene from a specific day.
| 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. 1260. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,486 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115708 |
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