End of track, on Humboldt Plains – Vintage Print
![End of track, on Humboldt Plains, Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cd56206c91ed-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: End of track, on Humboldt Plains, 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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End of track, on Humboldt Plains
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The title, "End of track, on Humboldt Plains," points to the temporary terminus where Central Pacific crews were laying rail across northwestern Nevada, following the Humboldt River valley eastward. This stereograph, number 317 in a series on the river scenes, was issued by a Sacramento studio between 1865 and 1869, the years when the railroad was pushing toward its 1869 meeting with the Union Pacific at Promontory Summit, Utah. Albumen prints like this one were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scenes of construction a sense of depth and made the distant frontier feel close to home.
| Created / published | Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 317. Title from item. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 759 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132747 |
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