Donner Summit, CPRR, California
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1867
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 5/8 inches (19.69 × 26.99 cm)
Mount: 18 × 24 inches (45.72 × 60.96 cm)
Mount: 18 × 24 inches (45.72 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3345
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, black type: "U.S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL. / T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "88" [circled];
On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "No.";
On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "Eastern Portal [?] of Fortieth [?] Tunnel", "CPRR / Old wagon road east / Donnor Pass [?]"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage albumen print on King Survey mount. Image of a road/tunnel in the mountains. No numbers, initialed in negative (black in print), full title includes: "old wagon road east."
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