Andrew J. Russell
Photographer, Visual Artist
1830 – 1902
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Who was Andrew J. Russell?
Andrew Joseph Russell was a 19th-century American photographer of the Civil War and Union Pacific Railroad. Russell was the official photographer of the eastern half of the first transcontinental railroad. His best known photograph shows the joining of the rails at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869.
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- Born
- 1830
New Hampshire - Also known as
- Andrew Russell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 22, 1902
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on July 23, 2013
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