East and West Shaking Hands, Promontory Point

Artist Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Date1869

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 3/16 inches (23.18 × 30.96 cm)
Mount: 12 1/16 × 17 inches (30.64 × 43.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.500

SignedOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "A J RUSSELL"

InscribedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "East + West Shaking Hands" / "5-10-1869."

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DescriptionImage of large groups of people surrounding two locomotives. Two men in the center are shaking hands and two atop the locomotives hold old wine glasses and a champagne bottle.

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