“Chinese Camp, Brown’s Station”
View of Chinese camp at Brown’s Station. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California. »
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“East Portal of Summit Tunnel and Wagon Road of Tunnel No. 1”
View of railroad tunnel at summit under contruction. A horse team with wagons is seen on road to tunnel, and Chinese railroad workers are seen in the foreground. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California. »
“Prospect Hill Cut”
Shows road being cut through the mountains. Chinese workers are standing among group of horse drawn wagons. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California. »
Interviews
The Project is seeking out descendants of workers on the Central Pacific – as well as people who were associated with the railroad, such as suppliers of food and herbal medicines. We hope to find out as much as possible about each individual, but we also want to relate the »
Advertisement for shipping freight by Central Pacific Railroad directed towards Chinese
Supplied title. Handwritten (UC): Jan[uar]y 3, 1870, Received by mail from A. R.; LC): This advertisement tells Chinamen to ship freight by C.P.R.R. and how much per ton they charge, $2, how and when to ship it, A.R. Printed (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Inscriptions in Chinese and »
“Cutting Granite at Rocklin”
Courtesy of Alfred A Hart Photograph Collection, Stanford University. »
“Curving Iron, Ten Mile Canyon”
Courtesy of Alfred A. Hart Photograph Collection, Stanford University. »
“Chinese Camp, at End of Track”
Courtesy of Alfred A. Hart Photograph Collection, Stanford University. »
“Coldstream, Eastern slope of Western Summit”
Courtesy of Alfred A. Hart Photograph Collection, Stanford University. »