The East and the West

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Description

Title: The East and the West
Contributor: Central Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Published / Created: 1873
Abstract: The joining of the First Transcontinental Railroad, likely based on the photograph taken by Andrew J. Russell of the ceremony of the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869.
Description: Wood engraving signed: Baker
Extent: 1 p.
12.5 x 17 cm.
ill., wood engraving
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Zc10 +C873
Collection Title: Crofutts trans-continental tourists guide ... over the Union Pacific railroad, Central Pacific railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by stage and water ...
Collection Created: 1873
Container / Volume: 5th vol., and 4th annual revise

Format: still image
Genre: Illustrations
Wood engravings
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)--Guidebooks
Subject (Name): Central Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic): Railroads

Access: Public
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