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Virginia City Stagecoach, 1866
Date of photo: 1866
Photographer: Lawrence & Houseworth
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Description
The International Hotel in Virginia City (seen here from another angle) held the offices of the California Stage Company. Here a stagecoach is all loaded and ready to depart, via Geiger Grade, to Reno. From there it would follow the future path of the Transcontinental Railroad (still being built) over the Sierra at Donner Summit and on to Sacramento.
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Date Uploaded: January 4, 2008
Permanent Link: http://wnhpc.com/details/loc3a20348u
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Source URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a20348
Source Caption: California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, for California via Donner Lake The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 712. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
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