across the continent – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of across the continent brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
across the continent
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The title points to the transcontinental railroad, the line that linked the eastern United States with the Pacific coast when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific tracks met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in May 1869. Before then, crossing the continent could take months by wagon or ship, so a railroad spanning the full distance was widely celebrated as a national achievement. Pictures on this theme often stressed the scale of the country, from mountain grades and trestles to open plains. Worth noticing is the human cost behind the project, since Chinese, Irish and other laborers did much of the dangerous work of building the line.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | across the continent |
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