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Public Schools System.ĪCVS: Could you talk more about your experiences in the school systems at that time?ĪT: During that time, in the 1940s, the Washington, D.C., schools had a reputation for being among the top public school systems in the United States. I attended school in Arlington until the third grade and then my parents transferred me to the Washington, D.C. Roland Bruner, who was a physician in the Green Valley neighborhood for over 40 years. Nauck.ĪCVS: Could you tell me more about your story growing up in the Green Valley community?ĪT: I was born in Green Valley on July 28, 1934. My paternal grandfather purchased land in Arlington in 1913 from John D. This was the year before the Emancipation Proclamation. My third great-grandmother, Melinda Hawkins, and my second great-grandmother, Martha Hawkins, were freed slaves in Georgetown on by the owner of the oldest house still lived in on the Georgetown waterfront “The Brickyard Hill House,” whose owner at that time was Peter Von Essen. First, let me explain how my parents got into the Georgetown area. Their parents moved to Arlington in the early 1900s to establish homes during the time the land was opening up to African Americans. Probably financed by the Burlington Railroad (Willumson, Iron Muse, 157).ACVS: Tell me a little bit about your family’s story in the Washington, D.C., and Arlington area.ĪT: My parents were both born in the Foggy Bottom section of Georgetown. Showing, by a system new and comprehensive, all the minutiae of railway travel, noting all interesting points, and Illustrated by Fine Photo-chromo Views. Containing Complete Traveler's Maps of each of the Railroads, Western Pacific Railroad, to San Francisco. Theįull title of the book is: The Traveler's Own Book,Ī Souvenir of Overland Travel, via, The Great and Attractive Route, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. In the book Hart describes the main features and sights along the lines, and gives advice on where to stay, dine, and even shop. The Alfred Hart photograph collection consists of The Traveler's Own Book, which is a travel guide for the railroad routeĬhromolithographs. He moved to New York City in 1875, but eventually moved back to California where he passed away in 1908.

Hart went back to painting portraits and landscapes, butĬommercial success. Watkins and his Central Pacific images were later printed by Watkins without attribution.

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Eventually the Central Pacific picked out 364 stereos to form a series documenting the entire line from Sacramaneto to Promontory. He spent most of his time traveling to California and in 1865 he started to photograph the Central Pacific Railroad. In the early 1860s he moved to Cleveland, openingĪn art gallery and store. Bartlett where he learned the art of the daguerreotype. In 1857 he joined up with prominent Hartford photographer Henry H. He worked initially as a portrait painter before becoming a moving panorama painter in the 1850s. Hart was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1816. Grant, 2007-2008 Biographical Note Return to TopĪlfred A. Languages English Sponsor Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan. Repository Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division This book consists of detailed maps of the entire route, two Utah photographs on the front and rear covers, and twelve 1870 1870 Quantity 1 box, (.25 linear feet) Collection Number UUS_P0563 Summary The Alfred Hart photograph collection consists of The Traveler's Own Book, which is a travel guide for the railroad routeįrom Chicago to San Francisco produced byĬentral Pacific Railroad photographer Alfred A.