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View from the 100th Meridian Excursion

Stereoview photograph of the Union Pacific Railroad celebration at the 100th meridian in October 1866. #219 in its collection. Features UPRR executives and several train cars. Captions: Union Pacific Rail Road, Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866. Photographed by J. Carbutt, Chicago, under the Auspices of the Union Pacific Rail Road Company. The Directors of the UPRR at the 100th Mer.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005682857/

1866-10

Public Domain

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