Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet.
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Item data
Title
Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet.
Collection
Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
United States
Subject series.
Railroads
Watkins' Pacific Railroad
Names
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1866 - 1872 (Questionable)
Place: San Francisco
Publisher: C. E. Watkins
Date Created: 1850 - 1930 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFY Dennis Coll 92-F108
Subjects
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: by C. E. Watkins.
Physical Description
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG92-F108
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11708933
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0fe11890-c573-012f-9e69-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1866
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0fe11890-c573-012f-9e69-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1930). Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0fe11890-c573-012f-9e69-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0fe11890-c573-012f-9e69-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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