Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a ceremony for driving of the last spike at Promontory, Utah, linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific, May 10, 1869. Two men stand in center shaking hands while looking towards the camera. A large crowd of men dressed in suits stand around the two men, creating an empty space in the center. Two engine train cars are visible on both sides with the two facing each other. men stand on the engine. Photoprint reads "Associated American Railroad. Washington, D.C.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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