French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Railroad – Historic Print
![French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Railroad, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/196f78a1ade8-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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French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Railroad
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This albumen print shows French Lake in Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, a spot tied to the Central Pacific Railroad's climb over the Sierra Nevada. The library holds only one half of a stereographic pair, issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series as number 1278 and dated to about 1866. That was the period when Central Pacific crews were pushing the line up toward Donner Summit, and mountain lakes like this one were often photographed as scenic stops along the route. Parlor stereographs such as this one let viewers in the East see the Sierra country without making the trip. The record's caption details are unverified, so the exact location and date are worth checking against other sources.
| 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. 1278. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,461 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116111 |
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