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"East and West Shaking Hands"

Large-format print entitled "East and West Shaking Hands." The photograph features the two trains of the Union and Central Pacific lines meeting at Promontory Point with executives and crew members from both lines.

Oakland Museum of California. "Andrew J. Russell: East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail." Imperial Collodion Glass Plate Negative Collection (H69.459.2030) Accessible at: http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592030

1869-05-10

Public Domain

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