Sujet

Completion of the Pacific Railroad', (1878).

Légende

'Completion of the Pacific Railroad', (1878). The First Transcontinental Railroad (originally the Pacific Railroad) was the first uninterrupted railway between New York on the Atlantic Ocean, and San Francisco on the Pacific Ocean. It ran via Chicago across nine mountain ranges, and travel from coast to coast was reduced from six months to just one week. The Last Spike ceremony, where the track from the east was joined to its counterparts from the west, took place at Promontory, Utah, on 10 May 1869, 'in the presence of many hundred people of various nationalities, including some of our dusky barbarian brethren'. From "Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time", Volume 3, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1878]

Date

1878

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F13_261

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,6Mo (8,8Mo) / 47,1cm x 32,2cm / 5566 x 3804 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gravure transport transport Gens Homme Hommes cérémonie pays local chemin de fer chemin de fer indigène Américain Indigène ligne ferroviaire endroit siècle voies ferroviaires voie de train voie ferroviaire Américains Indigènes concept Indien accomplissement Indien rouge 19e siècle dix-neuvième siècle Américain histoire historique Etats-Unis USA The Print Collector Pacific Union Felix Octavius Carr Darley gravure Miles Albert Bobbett Bobbett Albert Bobbett Alfred Alfred Bobbett Darley Felix Octavius Carr Felix O.C. Darley Darley Felix O.C. Felix Darley Darley Felix Benson John Lossing Lossing Benson John Benson J. Benson J Benson J. Lossing Benson J Lossing Johnson & Miles Johnson & First Transcontinental Railroad Last Spike