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1. Union Pacific Railroad views
- Creator:
- Russell, Andrew J.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1867-1869]
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 348
- Image Count:
- 35
- Abstract:
- Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include a view of the Tabernacle, and two images that show the residences of Brigham Young, known as the Beehive House and Lion House; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. An image depicts a portrait of a Mormon family in the Great Salt River Valley, Images of locations in the vicinity of Echo, Utah, include Hanging Rock at the mouth of Echo Canyon; Sentinel Rock in Echo Canyon, as well as Sphinx Rock near Echo, Images of locations in Weber River Valley, Utah, include a view of the valley from Wilhelmina Pass, and images of Devil's Gate and Tunnel No. 4., A portrait depicts a group of officials gathered at Fort Sanders, Laramie, Wyoming, in the summer of 1868, which includes Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and Sidney Dillon, the director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Images of locations in Wyoming include Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin and Skull Rock near Sherman Station as well as several sites in the Green River Valley consisting of Castle Rock, Citadel Rock, and Smith's Buttes, and Other images include a view of men and a horse on High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area of Wyoming; a view of a construction train in the Bear River Valley in Utah or Wyoming; and an image of Omaha, Nebraska, that shows a street leading to the Missouri River
- Description:
- Title from cover., Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume., and Some of these photographs appear in A. J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869.
- Publisher:
- A. Mudge & Son Print
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Railroads
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Union Pacific Railroad views
