ID: 700007090 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007090	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

[Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad] (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; negative 1877; print about 188...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 94.XA.113.26)

Note: Overview with workers.

Titles:

[Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

California Tourists Association, San Francisco (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

photographic print [300127104]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: negative 1877; print about 1880

Creator Display:

Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002731]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 94.XA.113.26

Credit Line: Gift in memory of Leona Naef Merrill and in honor of her sister, Gladys Porterfield

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 20.5 x 31.4 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Colonial North American [300107812] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Colonial American (pan-American style))

General Subject:

engineering (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	trestle (bridge) [300007869]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by form>) (AAT)

	Central Pacific Railroad (American railroad company, founded in 1861) [500372985]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	construction site [300312090]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations)) (AAT)

	Sierra Nevada Mountains [1109906]
	.....() (TGN)

	laborers [300025888]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, workers, blue collar workers) (AAT)

	unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	railroad (infrastructure) [300008591]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), systems (equipment), <systems by function>, infrastructural systems, transit systems (infrastructure)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed in ink by later unknown hand recto mount: "Tressel [sic] on C.P. Railroad."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... California Tourists Association, San Francisco

Sources and Contributors:
[Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
California Tourists Association, San Francisco	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)