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Am. River and Canon from Cape Horn, River below Railroad 1,400 feet. 57 miles from Sacramento, No. 44 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Railroad"

1864/69, printed 1870
Albumen print, stereo
7.8 × 7.8 cm (3.1 × 3.1 in)

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