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Andrew J. Russell — Malloy's Cut, Sherman Station, Laramie Range

Andrew J. Russell

Malloy's Cut, Sherman Station, Laramie Range

1868

Documenting the extensive excavation required for railroad passage through the Laramie Range, Russell's image serves as both engineering record and artistic statement about human transformation of the Western landscape.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. IV from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

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