Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains – Vintage Print
![Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a98f1e7c17ec-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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Step back in time with Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Swift's Station sat on the Carson and Lake Bigler Road near the eastern summit of the Sierra Nevada, a stopping point where travelers and teams rested before or after the steep climb over the range. The road linked the Carson Valley with the lake then known as Lake Bigler, a name it carried before it became Lake Tahoe. This print is one half of a stereograph pair from the 1860s, issued in a series called Gems of California Scenery, and its subject tag of wagon trains and stage coaches points to the freight and passenger traffic that depended on roadside stations like this one.
| 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. 690. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains data transcribed from item. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,271 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111728 |
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