A. J. Russell - Castle Rock Wyoming Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Albumen Photo

Description: 1869 albumen photo on gilt-edge mount, with original paper label, titled, "Castle Rock, Green River Valley" in Green River, Wyoming. Subtitle reads, "Is 300 feet high, and composed of Sandstone and Granite." Photograph shows Castle Rock rising above the surrounding landscape in the Green River Valley with a man standing on the riverbank in the foreground. Photographer is A. J. Russell. Andrew Joseph Russell (1830-1902) spent the 1868-1869 season as the official photographer with the Union Pacific Railroad as the route moved west from Nebraska toward Promontory Point in Utah. This image was published as plate 24 in his 1869 volume titled, "The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent; Taken Along the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad, West from Omaha, Nebraska."* CONDITION: Overall Very Good++ with nice tonality. Small mount loss at the top two corners and 1/4 inch crease/break at the lower left corner. The very bottom edge of the mount displays some barely noticeable remnants where a protective tissue cover was once attached. * SIZE: Measures approximately 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches overall with mount. Albumen photo measures 4 13/16 x 6 11/16 inches.

Price: 750 USD

Location: Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-09-05T01:30:23.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD