Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Alfred A. Hart

In honor of the memory of

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

1. Alfred A. Hart Marker

Inscription. Born, March 28, 1816, Norwich, Conn.
Died March 5, 1908, in poverty, Alameda, Cal. county hospital and his body sold to medical school.

He lived in Sacramento from 1864 to 1870 while he photographed (in stereo 3-D) thousands of men rushing to build the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento CA. to Promontory UT.
690 miles in 2,314 days

Erected 2017 by Mead B. Kibbey.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is March 5, 1908.

Location. 38° 33.689′ N, 121° 30.175′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Marker can be reached from Laburnum Avenue north of Pioneer Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The black granite marker in the shape of a giant stereoscopic camera is located in plot 125, lot 76. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. General Albert Maver Winn (within shouting distance of this marker); Mark Hopkins Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Mark Hopkins (within shouting distance of this marker); Pioneer Grove Cemetery

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Pioneer Cemetery Grove (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander B. Nixon, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. O.C. Wheeler D.D., L.L.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); California Pioneers (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

More about this marker. Stereograph at the bottom reads:
A.A. Hart Photo No. (135)
First trip of big locomotive CONNESS
Photo taken Friday, March 17, 1865 on trestle to American River Bridge near 30th Street in Sacramento

Also see . . .
1. The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist by Mead B. Kibbey. Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

"Alfred A. Hart has been an elusive and shadowy figure until rather recent times. In 1918, ten years after Hart's death, Charles B. Turrill mentioned him in connection with his study of photographer Carleton E. Watkins. In 1969, George Kraus devoted half a page of the forward to his book, High Road to Promontory, to the
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

2. Back of the Marker
An image of a stereoscope
historical importance of Hart's photographs and lamented the lack of recognition he had received."

(Submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

2. Photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, Remembered with a Stereoscopic Camera Memorial. The Stereoscopy Blog

"Hart began issuing stereoviews from a studio in Sacramento around 1863, with the earliest series named as “The World as Seen in California – Illustrated for the Stereoscope and Album.” His stereoviews were also published by Lawrence & Houseworth."

(Submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

3. The First Transcontinental Railroad: Alfred A. Hart Photos. Stanford Libraries

"Although he worked as a photographer as early as 1857, Hart was trained as a portrait and landscape artist; after his work for the Central Pacific, he continued to paint and was awarded the gold medal for his paintings at an exhibition at the California State Fair in 1872. Nonetheless, Hart is remembered for his work in visually documenting the construction of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad."

(Submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Normal Victory Bell and Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 31, 2011

3. Normal Victory Bell and Markers

Fort Scott High School in distance

Alfred A. Hart image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado

4. Alfred A. Hart

City Cemetery Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

5. City Cemetery Map

Founded 1849

Cemetery Plot Map Next to the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

6. Cemetery Plot Map Next to the Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 3. submitted on November 28, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on July 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 5. submitted on June 29, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 6. submitted on May 8, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.