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English: "227 (plate number) East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail." ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: "227 (plate number) East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail." |
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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).
Español: *Fotografía que muestra el momento de unión de las dos líneas del primer ferrocarril transcontinental de Estados Unidos que tuvo lugar el 10 de mayo de 1869 en Promontory, Estado de Utah. En el centro se puede ver como se estrechan la mano los representantes de las dos compañías constructoras y rivales: Samuel S. Montague (izquierda) por la Central Pacific, y Grenville M. Dodge (derecha), de la Union Pacific. |
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10 May 1869 date QS:P571,+1869-05-10T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Notes | Cropped and gamma corrected, temporary file for FPC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 14:19, 14 May 2006 | 862 × 587 (313 KB) | Cave cattum | "227 (plate number) East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail." Wet plate photograph by Andrew J. Russell. The original glass negative is in the archives of the American Geographical Society of New York (the white streaks radiating fromt he extreme |
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