Boat Landing at Pollard's Station, Donner Lake - Central Pacific Railroad – Antique Wall Art
![Boat Landing at Pollard's Station, Donner Lake - Central Pacific Railroad, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/50edbb486e61-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 rare historic photograph captures Boat Landing at Pollard's Station, Donner Lake - Central Pacific Railroad in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Boat Landing at Pollard's Station, Donner Lake - Central Pacific Railroad
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Boat Landing at Pollard's Station shows a shoreline spot on Donner Lake, a place whose name recalls the Donner Party, the emigrant group trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada in 1846 and 1847. The view dates to the mid-1860s, when the Central Pacific Railroad was building eastward through those mountains. Only one half of a stereograph pair survives here, from the Gems of California scenery series, so it was meant to be seen through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. The caption data comes from an old card and has not been fully verified, so details about the station should be checked 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. 1280. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,467 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116108 |
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