No. 562 California Series / Live Oak, Carlin, C.P.R.R. Outdoor view. Albumen stereoview. Newtown, Queens Co., New York: Prof. Stephen J. Sedgwick, ca. 1870s. On orange publisher's cardstock mount with series title and imprint to recto. Imprint and list of available views printed to verso with view title supplied by period ink inscirption. 

This stereoview captures a prominent verdant live oak tree in the foreground of Carlin, Nevada, a vital division point and repair hub established by the Central Pacific Railroad during the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. In the midground and background, Central Pacific Railroad structures, outbuildings, and the curved profile of the Carlin engine roundhouse and rail facilities are visible across the dusty rail yard.

Professor Stephen J. Sedgwick traveled extensively across the American West following the completion of the Pacific Railroad, delivering magic-lantern "Illuminated Lectures" across the Eastern United States and utilizing the photographic negatives of pioneering railroad photographers, including Alfred A. Hart and A. J. Russell. Sedgwick’s published stereoview series offered audiences their first visual encounters with the remote operational towns of the Central Pacific line across the Great Basin.

[Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, CPRR, Union Pacific, Carlin Nevada, Nevada History, American West, Western Railroads, Roundhouse, Steam Locomotives, Prof S J Sedgwick, Alfred A Hart, AJ Russell, 19th Century Nevada] [Stereoview, Stereoviews, Stereoscopic Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Western Americana, Railroadiana, 19th Century Photography]

Very good. The prints exhibit warm tones and sharp resolution. The bright orange mount remains structurally flat with minimal edge wear, while the verso is clean and fully legible.