H69.459.1848

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Construction Train on Embankment, Granite Canyon

Andrew J. Russell

Construction Train on Embankment, Granite Canyon

circa 1868

Imperial collodion glass plate negative

10.0625 HIGH x 13 WIDE x 0.0625 DEEP
(25.56 HIGH x 0.16 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.1848

inscription: "No 25 ["25" crossed out] 11 Construction Train on Embankment Granite Cannon," inscribed in emulsion along top edge.

Tag words:

construction
Granite Canyon
log cabin
man
train
transcontinental railroad
union pacific railroad
wagon
wyoming

History

Construction train on embankment, Granite Cannon. Wagons and men on train.

"This appears to be the same location as negatives 9 and 10, camera facing East." 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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