Alfred A. Hart Photograph collection, 1862-1869

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Alfred A. Hart Photograph collection, 1862-1869

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1 album (375 unbound photoprints): albumen, 375 photonegatives and 134 photoprints: stereograph, mounted. Stored in 6 boxes (1 album box and 5 stereograph boxes)

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6663217

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908

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Alfred A. Hart, born in Norwich, Connecticut on March 16, 1816, was the principal photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad during the construction of the Overland Route. He photographed the construction from 1865 to 1869 when the last spike was driven by Leland Stanford at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869. Although he worked as a photographer as early as 1857, Hart was trained as a portrait and landscape artist; after his work for the Central Pacific, he continued to paint and was awarded t...