Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Like other prominent photographers of the 1800s, Ryder, a Clevelander, undertook commissioned works from the expanding railroad industry to document the safety and convenience of railway travel, as well as to endorse resettlement on company-owned land and reassure investors. The serpentine track in this charming image winds its way through a dense forest, leading the viewer’s imagination to unexpected adventures.
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![[Winter Scene with Trestle Bridge Along the Atlantic & Great Western Railway]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP312914.jpg)
James Fitzallen Ryder — [Winter Scene with Trestle Bridge Al
James Wallace Black — Head of the White Mountain Notch, Craw
Carleton E. Watkins — Hot Sulphur Springs, Santa Barbara
George N. Barnard — Whiteside Valley Below the Bridge
George N. Barnard|Timothy H. O'Sullivan|Mathew B. Brady — Bu![[Yosemite National Park, California]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136822.jpg)
Carleton E. Watkins — [Yosemite National Park, California]
George N. Barnard — Pine Mountain
Egbert Guy Fowx — Part of Construction Corps Building New Mi
Carleton E. Watkins — Tooth Bridge, Oregon![[Rocky Hillside]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP109623.jpg)
Victor Prevost — [Rocky Hillside]![[Yosemite National Park, California]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136816.jpg)
Carleton E. Watkins — [Yosemite National Park, California]
Joseph Vigier — Pont de l'ardoise pris en revenant de la cas