| Title |
Transcontinental Telegraph P.1 |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
Transcontinental_Telegraph_p.1.tif |
| Photo Number |
00502 |
| Classification |
384 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
1861? |
| Date |
1861 |
| Subject |
Telegraph lines; Pony express |
| Corporate Name |
Western Union |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah |
| Description |
Galloping along the old Overland Trail, a Pony Express rider waves to a crew of Western Union linemen building the first transcontinental telegraph. Indians, watching the scene in the distance, called the telegraph the white man's "long tongue." When the line was completed at Salt Lake City, Oct. 24, 1861, the colorful Pony Express passed out of existence. Used in Utah Historical Quarterly, April 1958. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2014 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection, 384 Mail Systems, Pony Express, Telegraph |
| Source Format |
Print photograph |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Perfection 1240 and saved as 800 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. |
| Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson; Earl Hindley |
| Barcode Identifier |
93222001415301 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ng661f |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
454694 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ng661f |
