Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

C. P. R. R. Train Rounding Cape Horn [California]
1864-1875
Thomas Houseworth & Co.
USA: California, San Francisco
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.55

Black-and-white stereocard photograph mounted on an orange card, showing the side of a mountain. In the top right quadrant of each image, there is a train with several cars rounding a curve near the top of the mountain. Various trees and shrubs are growing on the mountain. There is a second mountain visible in the background, with trees along the horizon. Printed in black on the front of the card is "Central Pacific Railroad. / Thomas Houseworth & Co., / San Francisco. / C. P. R. R. Train Rounding Cape Horn." The back of the card is pinkish-purple. Handwritten on the back of the card is "FLS."