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Description
Photograph of a painting depicting the completion ceremony of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad at a point near Ogden, Utah, May 9, 1869. A massive group of men and women in what appears to be formal dress crowd around the small section of railroad track that is visible. Three railway workers kneel before driving the last spike. In the background a stopped locomotive engine is visible. A man stands to either side of its smokestack. Caption beneath the photo reads "Photograph Courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society / From the well known painting by Thomas Hill / Driving the Last Spike on the Union and Central Pacific at a Point Near Ogden, Utah, May 9, '69", as well as "In the foreground, beginning from left and prominent in the picture, are the following, in the order named: Stephen T. Gage, A.P. Stanford, F.A. Tritle, Hon. John Conness, Jas. W. Hayes, Rev. Dr. Todd, John Corning, W.E. Brown, Thos. C. Durant. In the center of the picture, holding the hammer, is Leland Stanford back of him C.P. Huntington to his left, Oakes Ames, Judge Galwood, J.H. Strebridge, Sydney Dillon, General Dodge, Mark Hopkins, Judge E.B. Crocker, Charles Crocker, S.S. Montague, T.D. Judah, and Hon. A.A. Sargent."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs art
Festivals--Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Hill, Thomas Railroads Rites and ceremonies Union Pacific Railroads Central Pacific Railroads Railroad features
Time Period
1869-05-09
Place
Promontory USA Utah
Source
1-119-26 [Microfiche number] 6334 [Accession number] CHS-6334 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] J [Identifying number]
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