Alfred A. Hart

Alfred A. Hart
Born	1816 Norwich, Connecticut
Died	1908 (aged 92) San Leandro, California
Nationality	American
Known for	photography
Notable work	stereoscopic photographs of the Transcontinental Railroad

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.

Bibliography

• Kibbey, Mead B. (1996). Palmquist, Peter E. (ed.). The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist. Sacramento, CA.: California State Library Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9297-2285-6. OCLC 34140879.

External links

• Alfred A. Hart - 19th Century Photographer of the Central Pacific Railroad Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
• The First Transcontinental Railroad - Alfred A. Hart photos, Stanford University Libraries
• Alfred A. Hart Photo Collection, University of Nevada, Reno Library
• Guide to the Alfred A. Hart Photograph collection, 1862-1869 at The Bancroft Library
• Alfred A. Hart's Stereoscopic Views of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1863-1869