H69.459.2027

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Andrew J. Russell

Laying Last Rail, Promontory

May 1869

Imperial collodion glass plate negative

10 HIGH x 13 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(25.4 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.2027

inscription: "225 183 [183 is crossed out] Laying Last Rail Promentory" inscribed in emulsion along top edge.

Tag words:

promontory
transcontinental railroad
union pacific railroad
ut

History

Photograph. Title: 225 Laying Last Rail Promontory (Scratched on negative) Image Description: See title. Physical Description: "Imperial Plate" collodion glass negative, 10"X13 ". Sub. Cat.: Transportation -- Railroads

"Note: Salt Lake City photographer C.R. Savage's camera in lower right corner of this photograph" 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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