"East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail"
Andrew J. Russell / Adam Cuerden
10 May 1869
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- Yale University Libraries
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About this work
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).
