Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific lines: the engineers shake hands – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific lines: the engineers shake hands, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific lines: the engineers shake hands
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Few pictures show the moment the two lines met as directly as this one, with the locomotives of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific facing each other and their engineers clasping hands. The meeting took place at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory in May 1869, joining the rails of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. The record credits the photographers Savage & Ottinger, of Salt Lake City, and identifies the print as a wood engraving of the scene. Engravings like this carried the event to readers across the country who would never see the remote site.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | 1869 June 5 |
| Notes | Photographed by Savage & Ottinger |
| Subjects | Central Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870. Union Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870. Railroad construction & maintenance--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,423 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-192596 |
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