Saturday, September 21, 2019, 12 p.m., 7Crest Financial Partners Hall
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Alexander Gardner (American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882). Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way, October 19, 1867. Albumen silver print. George Eastman Museum, purchase.
On May 10, 1869, Alfred A. Hart, Andrew Joseph Russell, and Charles Roscoe Savage each photographed the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory Point in the Utah Territory. The Golden Spike Ceremony marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad. For the 150th anniversary of this historic event, associate curator Heather A. Shannon will discuss the role photography played in the race to lay tracks across North America.