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"Chinese Laying Last Rail"

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Title

"Chinese Laying Last Rail"

Subject

Transcontinental Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; early photography; stereoview; Golden Spike; Promontory Point, Utah; Utah history; Chinese immigration history; Andrew Joseph Russell

Description

tereoview photograph #539 from the Union Pacific Railroad collection by A.J. Russell. Photograph features railroad workers laying the last few rails of the road at Promontory Point in Utah. Specifically, the Chinese workers are laying the last of the line. Train engine visible in the background.

Creator

Andrew Joseph Russell

Source

Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592426-0

Publisher

Oakland Museum of California

Date

1869

Rights

Public Domain

Identifier

DNO-0047_Chinese laying last rail.jpg

Coverage

Promontory Point, Utah

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