H69.459.461

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Andrew J. Russell

Cut No. 5, West of Wasatch

1869

glass

3.3125 HIGH x 3.3125 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(8.41 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.461

inscription: "Tunnel No.2. Looking down 229 [written upside down]" handwritten in ink at bottom on lantern slide edge.

Tag words:

railroad engine
transcontinental railroad
union pacific railroad
Wasatch

History

"Tunnel no. 2 looking down" #229 engine on tracks. Old number may be Russell negative number. See donor file.

H69.459.461 is a lantern slide that uses the same image of glass plate negative H69.459.2203. Original cataloging uses number from inscription on slide. (DAP, 5/21/15)

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

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