Freight Depot at Colfax - Central Pacific Railroad – Antique Wall Art
![Freight Depot at Colfax - Central Pacific Railroad, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5caee3356c86-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 Freight Depot at Colfax - Central Pacific Railroad brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Freight Depot at Colfax - Central Pacific Railroad
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Among the railroad views on this board, this one shows a freight depot at Colfax, a Placer County stop on the Central Pacific line as it climbed toward Donner Pass. The town was renamed for Schuyler Colfax, a prominent national politician of the time, and the depot served the freight traffic that the railroad carried through the Sierra Nevada. The Library holds only one half of the stereograph pair, issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series as number 1249. The 1866 date and other details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| 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. 1249. 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 × 1,468 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115717 |
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