Weed, Charles Leander (attributed)
American (1824-1903)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Bridge at the Second Crossing of the Truckee River, Nevada, Central Pacific Railroad.
SERIES TITLE: "Pacific Coast Scenery"

ca. 1865 / ca. 1868-1872
PUBLISHER: Thomas Houseworth & Co.
albumen print cartes-de-visite
5.7 x 9.4 cm.
Museum Purchase
GEH NEG: 36620
81:3822:0068

OLD GEH NUMBER: 3751
NON-GEH NUMBER: pub. series #1293

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Palmquist, Peter. --Lawrence & Houseworth/Thomas Houseworth & Co. A Unique View of the West 1860-1886.-- Columbus, OH: National Stereoscopic Association, 1980.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 220.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "This Edifice is Colossal: 19th Century Architectural Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, November 8, 1986 - January 4, 1987. (Traveled).//

INSCRIPTION: mount-verso (printed) "Pacific Coast Scenery, Photographed and pub- lished by Thomas Houseworth & Co...Awarded the Highest Prize at the Paris Exposition for 1867..."

NOTES: Catalogued 2/86, JL, updated 7/86, SB. Negative was likely made by C.L. Weed or A.A. Hart for Th. Houseworth. Carte sized image is probably cut from one image of stereo view and sold as carte.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, bridge
transportation, railroad tracks