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The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike

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"East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Andrew J. Russell (1829–1902)  wikidata:Q4757433
 
Andrew J. Russell
Alternative names
Andrew Joseph Russell; A. J. Russell; Capt. A. J. Russel
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 20 March 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 22 September 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Walpole Edit this at Wikidata Brooklyn Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1862-1902
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creator QS:P170,Q4757433
Restoration by:
Adam Cuerden  
 
Description British
Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian
As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth 8 June 1979
Location of birth United States
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Title
"East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail"
label QS:Len,""East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail""
label QS:Lar,"«الشرق والغرب يتصافحان بعد وضع آخر سكَّة» لاتحاد سكك حديد المُحيط الهادئ."
Description
العربية: حفل طرق المسمار الذهبي في قمَّة پرومونتوري، بِولاية يوتاه الأمريكيَّة يوم 10 أيَّار (مايو) 1869؛ بِمُناسبة إتمام أوَّل سكَّة حديدية مُمتدَّة عبر القارَّة الأمريكيَّة الشماليَّة. يظهر في مركز اليسار، صموئيل س. مونتاگيو، مُدير هيئة سكك حديد وسط المُحيط الهادئ، وهو يُصافح w:Grenville M. Dodg │ گرينڤيل م. دودج، مُدير هيئة سكك حديد اتحاد المُحيط الهادئ (مركز اليمين).
English: 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).
Español: Ceremonia de colocación del clavo de oro que completaba la construcción del ferrocarril transcontinental de los Estados Unidos en Promontory (Utah), el 10 de mayo de 1869. En el centro de la imagen aparecen estrechándose las manos los directivos de las dos compañías que colaboraron y compitieron en la construcción de la línea: Samuel S. Montague de la Central Pacific y Grenville M. Dodge de la Union Pacific.
Deutsch: Die Zeremonie des Schlagens des letzten Nagels (golden spike) auf dem Promontory Summit, Utah am 10. Mai 1869; bei der Vollendung der First Transcontinental Railroad. Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad (links) und Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (rechts) schütteln die Hände.
Date 10 May 1869
date QS:P571,+1869-05-10T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions 28.2 cm x 35.5 cm (these dimensions may refer to the image plus the cardboard backing, as seen in the original version.)
Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Source Yale University Libraries
Other versions See also: File:Golden Spike ceremony, Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869.jpg - Original negative, with a different crop on the left than seems to have been ubiquitous for prints of the image.

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