File:East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration.png
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[edit]English: "East and West shaking hands at the laying of the last rail" of the Union Pacific Railroad ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: "East and West shaking hands at the laying of the last rail" of the Union Pacific Railroad |
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English: The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right). |
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10 May 1869 date QS:P571,+1869-05-10T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Dimensions | 28.2 cm x 35.5 cm. (this may be the uncropped image with backing plate - see original, below) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection | Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Yale University Libraries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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File change date and time | 06:33, 1 July 2015 |