A group of seven (7) excellent California stereoviews by Alfred A. Hart (1816-1908),  featuring majestic landscapes, railroad views, and an interesting view of Native American petroglyphs. 

Each view was photographed and published in the 1860s by Hart. Each is mounted on variations of Hart's yellow cardstock mounts, all but nos. 1 & 4 with Hart's illustrated No. 65 J Street imprint to versos. View titles supplied by affixed labels or inscription to mount rectos. Each (except #3) with series title "Central Pacific Railroad. California." printed to mount recto. 

1. 101 Pictured Rocks. 

2. 24. Depot at Colfax, 500 feet long. 55 miles from Sacramento. 

3. Grass Valley. Outdoor view fo the bustling Gold Rush town in Nevada County. 

4. At Cisco. Hart's 135 J St. imprint to verso. 

5. 96. Cascades on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake. 

6. 98. Black Butte, from the North. 

7. 340 Indian viewing R.R. from top of Palisades. 435 Miles from Sacramento. 

Alfred Hart was the official photographer of the Central Pacific Railroad, and his negatives were acquired by Carleton Watkins in 1869. Watkins consistently reissued Hart's images as stereoviews under his own imprint. This collection offers a nice selection of Hart's own views published under his own name. 

[Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, CPRR, Carleton E. Watkins, Alfred A. Hart, Donner Party, Summit Valley, Donner Pass, Bloomer Cut, Palisades, Steam Locomotive, Wood Burner, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Stereoviews, Western Americana, 1870s Photography] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]