Kidd's Dam Meadow lake, Summit City - Central Pacific Railroad – Vintage Wall Art
![Kidd's Dam Meadow lake, Summit City - Central Pacific Railroad, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c535d50a44b6-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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A window into the past: Kidd's Dam Meadow lake, Summit City - Central Pacific Railroad, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Kidd's Dam Meadow lake, Summit City - Central Pacific Railroad
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Kidd's Dam Meadow, a lake near Summit City in the Sierra Nevada, is the focus of this half stereograph, one of a pair the Library holds only in part. Summit City sat near Donner Summit, where the Central Pacific Railroad was laying track over the Sierra in the mid-1860s, so the view captures a landscape that was about to change with the rail line. Stereographs like this were viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect and sold as scenic souvenirs. The 1866 date comes from an unverified caption card.
| 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. 1275. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,475 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116110 |
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