Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of scenes along the Overland Railway Route.

Includes images of birds'-eye view of Chicago, Wyoming buttes, Utah rock formations, Utah mountains, birds'-eye view of Ogden (Utah), Yellowstone National Park waterfalls, Mormon Temple and Tabernacle of Salt Lake City, bathers in the Great Salt Lake, "Great Salt Lake Cut-Off", Newfoundland Mountains, Palisade Canyon, Nevada, Pyramid lake, Mt. Lassen, California, scenes of Reno (Nevada), views of Truckee, Lake Tahoe, Mono Lake, Yosemite valley, Donner Lake, Blue Canyon, American River Canyon, Downieville, scenic landscapes, mountains, Mark Twain's cabin, birds'-eye view of Sacramento, Sutter's Fort, University of California at Berkeley, birds'-eye view of Oakland, Lake Merritt ducks, birds'-eye view of Alameda, birds'-eye views of San Francisco, San Francisco's Chinatown, Muir Woods, giant Redwood trees, Stanford University, Pebble Beach golf course, painting by Thomas Hill of The Driving of the Golden Spike and map of the United States showing the Southen Pacific's railway lines.

Avery Classics copy: Gifts of John Stubbs.