Golden Spike Celebration, 1942 P.2

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Title Golden Spike Celebration, 1942 P.2
File Name 39222001678452.tif
Photo Number No. 18148
Classification 718
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date of Photograph September 8, 1942
Date 1942-09-08
Subject Markers & Monuments
Other Subject Golden Spike Celebration
Spatial Coverage Utah; Box Elder County; Promontory Summit
Description This 1942 scene is typical of the earlier scene when in 1869 two locomotives faced each other at this identical location at Promontory Summit. The original golden spike was driven at a point between the two locomotives. A replica of the golden spike was pulled at this site September 8, 1942 in the presence of important state and railroad officials and interested spectators.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 9.2 inches x 7.1 inches
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3665 x 2854
Scanned By Jason VanCott
ARK ark:/87278/s6rn3nmz
Setname dha_cp
ID 442726
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn3nmz
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