Call NumberZ-3267Date1860-1870SummaryRailroad workers greet a locomotive and passenger train on a trestle near telegraph lines. Native American, Plains Indians near tepees, are on the other side of the river with travois and on horseback. A border shows people representative of the east and west who stand behind two women who shake hands. Two men, "western" and an "eastern," white and Asian, lean on opposite sides of a banner above a steam ship that reads "Commerce."Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 41 x 56 cm (16 x 22 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--19th centuryIndian encampments--19th centuryRailroads--19th centuryTrestles--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003267Type of MaterialIllustrationsAllegorical drawingsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesFormerly F8114; Tear sheet consists of pages 344-345 removed from Harper's weekly. Title and "May 10, 1869, The great link connecting Europe with Asia across the American continent. [See Page 341.]" printed on tear sheet. R7110032678Languageeng
Completion of the Pacific Railroad (1860-1870). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131819
