H69.459.2459

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Andrew J. Russell

Mr. and Mrs. Hill

1869

Stereographic collodion glass plate negative

4.5 HIGH x 7.875 WIDE x 0.0625 DEEP
(11.43 HIGH x 0.16 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.2459

inscription: "595 mr and Mrs Hill," inscribed in emulsion along top edge.

Tag words:

transcontinental railroad
union pacific railroad

History

Photograph. Title: Mr. and Mrs. Hill Image Description: (s595) see Title Physical Description: Stereographic collodion glass plate negative. Sub. Cat.: Transportation -- Railroads.

"Although highest ranking railroad officials might have houses, most of the officials and their wives stayed in tents like this one." Remarks per Glenn Willumson for the NEA Russell Grant, July 2013 - June 2015.

This work (by Andrew J. Russell), identified by Oakland Museum of California, is free of known copyright restrictions.

Used: Union Pacific Railroad

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