Across the Continent: The Union Pacific Photographs of Andrew Joseph Russell

by Daniel Davis

Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society. Affiliated with the Utah Division of State History, Utah Department of Heritage & Arts

Andrew J. Russell is primarily known as the man who photographed the famous "East and West Shaking Hands" image of the Golden Spike ceremony on May 10, 1869. He also took nearly one thousand other images that document almost every aspect of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Across...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607816377
• ISBN13: 9781607816379
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.0"