Crystal Lake House, near Cisco. Central Pacific Railroad – Historic Reproduction
![Crystal Lake House, near Cisco. Central Pacific Railroad, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be5e23f3484c-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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Crystal Lake House, near Cisco. Central Pacific Railroad comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Crystal Lake House, near Cisco. Central Pacific Railroad
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Crystal Lake House stood near Cisco, a Central Pacific Railroad station in the Sierra Nevada of northern California, so travelers could reach it by train. The picture is one half of a stereograph issued in the Gems of California Scenery series, a card meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. Cisco was built along the railroad's climb toward the summit only a few years before this view was published around 1866, when the line was opening the high country to visitors.
| 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. 1086. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,480 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115633 |
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