Indian viewing railroad from top of Palisades. 435 miles from Sacramento – Antique Wall Art
![Indian viewing railroad from top of Palisades. 435 miles from Sacramento, Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a1ae8d92326-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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Indian viewing railroad from top of Palisades. 435 miles from Sacramento comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Indian viewing railroad from top of Palisades. 435 miles from Sacramento
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The title places this view at the top of the Palisades, 435 miles from Sacramento, where a Native American onlooker watches a train pass through the Nevada country along the Humboldt River. The card comes from the Golden State Photographic Gallery in Sacramento and was probably issued between 1865 and 1869, while the Central Pacific was pushing its track east across the Sierra and the Great Basin toward the transcontinental junction at Promontory. Stereographs like this one were sold widely to an eastern audience curious about the new railroad, and the figure at the edge of the scene reminds viewers that the line crossed lands long occupied by Native peoples.
| Created / published | Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 340. Title from item. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 767 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132779 |
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