Thousands of restored photographs, maps, reports, and biographies connect the Central Pacific Railroad to the people who built it. The site notes that photography was part of railroad promotion as well as documentation. A single locomotive image is interesting; the linked records around it make a historical system.
Original railroad museum: http://cprr.org/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-cprr-org-built-a-transcontinental-railroad-museum-out-of-stereographs/
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Original railroad museum: http://cprr.org/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-cprr-org-built-a-transcontinental-railroad-museum-out-of-stereographs/
#ancientweb #railroad #photographicarchives #westernhistory
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