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A sepia-toned photograph of a train travelling across a mountain valley with onlookers at base of the trestle.

Filling in the Trestle Work of the C.P.R.R., Secret Town Trestle

Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916)

Object Details

  • Date

    1876

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Object Format

    Album

  • Dimensions

    Image: 10 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.
    Mount: 15 7/16 x 19 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Recto:

    l.c. in ink: Filling in the Tressle [sic] Work of the C.P.R.R. Secret Town Tressle [sic].

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1975.94.48

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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