Print, Photographic

1948.217.0533

1948.217.0533

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1948.217.0533

Description

Black & white glossy contact print. Image of piles of construction material stacked beside railroad tracks. On photo left are two men on a pump car on temporary tracks, another man is standing on top of a rock abutment. Beyond are four men standing on rock abutments. A steam engine is on tracks on photo right, two men sit on the cow catcher & another stands on the tracks in front of engine. Buildings & a round tank structure are in the distance. A pillar rock formation is in the background. Typed on a white paper attached to bottom: "Construction of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge near Green River, Wyoming. in black on print: "Citadel Rock" Written in red pencil on back: "Construction of U. P. bridge at Green River" Good condition. Very wrinkled, top corner torn off, accretion, emulsion impacted, irregular emulsion. Size 6 1/2 x 8 7/8"

Collection

Photograph Collection