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- GLC#
- GLC04481.02-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 10 May 1869
- Author/Creator
- Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902
- Title
- [Photograph of railroad workers with the Central Pacific Railroad engine, "Jupiter"]
- Place Written
- Promontory Summit, Utah
- Pagination
- 1 albumen : b&w Height: 35 cm, Width: 43.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
One photograph of railroad workers standing by the Central Pacific Railroad's engine "Jupiter," photographed by Andrew J. Russell, dated May 10, 1869. The image seems to have been taken the same day as the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined at Promontory Summit, Utah, to form the First Transcontinental Railroad. The CPRR's "Jupiter" would be one of the two engines to meet at the Golden Spike ceremony, which celebrated the project's completion (See GLC04881.03).
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