File:Chinese railroad workers sierra nevada.jpg

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The snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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"B&H", illustrator; sketch by Joesph Becker (1841-1910)
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The snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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English: Illustration, "Across the Continent. The snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains." Originally printed in Frank junnjoewspaper, Vol. 29, February 6, 1870, p. 346.
Date 1870 (publication)
Source/Photographer Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3q2nb5qk/?order=1
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current23:26, 26 July 2016Thumbnail for version as of 23:26, 26 July 20161,284 × 868 (459 KB)Nagualdesign (talk | contribs)Improved contrast (Levels and Curves adjustments).
05:59, 11 November 2009Thumbnail for version as of 05:59, 11 November 20091,284 × 868 (379 KB)Nesnad (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: From Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material. Winter scene with train

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