Union Pacific Railroad

The  Joslyn Art Museum's exhibit,  The Great West Illustrated: Celebrating 150 Years of the Union Pacific Railroad is on display until September 16, 2012.  In brief, here is a bit of  promotional information concerning the exhibit, "In 1868 photographer Andrew J. Russell ( 1830 - 1902) traveled west to document construction of the transcontinental railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Promontory Summit, Utah. The results of this partnership were published the following year in an album, The Great West Illustrated, which is recognized as one of the most important projects of the nineteenth century. "

Many of the images in this series  have never been published. This afternoon, I was able to tour the exhibit. Photography in the exhibit was not allowed.

In the Museum's Cafe