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Alfred A. Hart (1816-1908) was a 19th century American photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad. Hart was the official photographer of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, for which he took 364 historic stereoviews of the railroad construction in the 1860s. Hart sold his negatives to Carleton Watkins, who continued to publish the CPRR stereoviews in the 1870s.

Alfred Hart's photograph #336 of Palisades (Ten Mile) Canyon and the Humboldt River, during construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

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-'''Alfred A. Hart''' (1816-1908) was a 19th century [[United States|American]] [[photographer]] for the [[Central Pacific Railroad]].  Hart was the official photographer of the western half of the [[First Transcontinental Railroad (North America)|first he was a fat guy transcontinental railroad]], for which he took 364 historic [[stereoscopy|stereoviews]] of the [[railroad]] construction in the 1860s.  Hart sold his negatives to [[Carleton Watkins]], who continued to publish the CPRR stereoviews in the 1870s.[[Image:EnteringPalisadesNV.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Alfred Hart's photograph #336 of Palisades (Ten Mile) Canyon and the [[Humboldt River]], during construction of the [[First Transcontinental Railroad|Transcontinental Railroad]].]]
+'''Alfred A. Hart''' (1816-1908) was a 19th century [[United States|American]] [[photographer]] for the [[Central Pacific Railroad]].  Hart was the official photographer of the western half of the [[First Transcontinental Railroad (North America)|first transcontinental railroad]], for which he took 364 historic [[stereoscopy|stereoviews]] of the [[railroad]] construction in the 1860s.  Hart sold his negatives to [[Carleton Watkins]], who continued to publish the CPRR stereoviews in the 1870s.[[Image:EnteringPalisadesNV.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Alfred Hart's photograph #336 of Palisades (Ten Mile) Canyon and the [[Humboldt River]], during construction of the [[First Transcontinental Railroad|Transcontinental Railroad]].]]
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 *[http://CPRR.org Alfred A. Hart - 19th Century Photographer of the Central Pacific Railroad]