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File:Chinese railroad workers sierra nevada.jpg

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Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: From Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material. Winter scene with train and cars (C.P.R.R.) emerging from snowsheds as Chinese workers come down to greet train; snow-covered hills and mountains in distance.
Date 19th century
Source Library of Congress (digital id: cubcic brk7627)
Author Joseph Becker

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