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Summary

Description

English: "Dale Creek Bridge," by photographer Andrew J. Russell, part of photographs taken during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1864-1869."

Black-and-white still image. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 86001027.

Date

between circa 1864 and circa 1869 (uploaded 2011-04-08)

Source

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library [1]

Author



Alternative names	Andrew Joseph Russell; A. J. Russell; Capt. A. J. Russel
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	20 March 1829	22 September 1902
Location of birth/death	Walpole	Brooklyn
Work period	1862-1902
Authority file	: Q4757433 VIAF: 6078648 ISNI: 000000002348204X ULAN: 500028827 LCCN: n81119716 GND: 131887270 WorldCat

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Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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	19:38, 2 December 2016	1,219 × 924 (235 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Cropped 21 % horizontally and 22 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
	08:29, 8 April 2011	1,536 × 1,191 (287 KB)	MarmadukePercy