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Description
Thomas Hill's large oil painting (157-1/4 x 85-1/4 in.) of "The Driving of the Last Spike" is on display at the California State Railroad Museum. It is an imagined recreation of the ceremony held May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, to celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad tracks were joined. Hill began the painting in 1877 at the request of Leland Stanford, who later refused to pay for the commission. Original measurements: 1 color transparency; 4 x 5 in. California Preservation Service (CAPS)
Type
image
Format
Negative Photograph
Extent
4 x 5 in. 1 Page of 1
Identifier
cscrm_000294
Language
English
Subject
Railroads
Time Period
1880/1889
Provenance
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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