A group of five (5) California, Utah, and Nevada stereoviews by photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), published by Bradley & Rulofson of San Francisco in the early 1870s. 

Each mounted on a cardstock mount with series title ("Central Pacific Railroad"), view title, photographer & publisher imprint to mount recto. Photographer & publisher's 429 Montgomery St. imprints with advertising to mount verso. Views include:

1. 761 - Colfax, from the South East. 

Two figures stand at right with rail tracks, a large "Exchange" and a row of storefronts visible in the background. Beginning as "Camp 20" along the transcontinental railroad route, the area was surveyed and named Colfax in honor of then Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax in 1865. It remained the southern terminus of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad from 1876 until the road's removal in 1942. 

2. 743 - Humboldt Palisades, looking West. 

A dramatic and beautifully composed view of the Humboldt River in the Palisade Canyon. 

3. 759. - Weber River, near Ogden, Wasatch Mountains in the distance. 

A moody and artistic landscape focused on the Weber River of northern Utah. Mountains loom in the background, and a small settlement, possibly Ogden, remains just a dark suggestion on the far bank. 

4. 728 - Boca, and crossing of the Little Truckee from the west. Mount Davidson in the distance. 

Like Colfax, Boca began as a railway construction camp for the Central Pacific Railroad, situated at the mouth of the Little Truckee River. The view captures two men in the close foreground with the railway and the gorgeous expanding valley in the background. 

5. Geyser Springs Hotel, from the Acid Spring Train. 

Nestled among the tall pines of Sonoma County, the Geyser Springs Hotel was built between 1857 and 1858 when the area was being developed by Archibald C. Godwin as a spa town. The resort attracted such luminaries as Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Mark twain. 

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was a pioneering English photographer who emigrated to New York City at 20 before moving to San Francisco, arriving in 1855. In the summer and autumn of 1867, he made his first photographic expedition to Yosemite Valley, capturing the grandeur of the western landscape. 

Henry W. Bradley (1813-1900) and William Henry Rulofson (1826-1878) partnered in 1863 and purchased Vance's old gallery at 429 Montgomery St. in San Francisco. Renowned for high-quality prints, they partnered with Muybridge in the early 1870s, and their collaboration earned many awards for excellence. 

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