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Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880

Exhibitions

Currier & Ives, "The Express Train," lithograph, 1870. From the private collection of James Brust.
Theodore R. Davis, “Group of Workmen on the Union Pacific Railroad,” 1867, from Harper’s Illustrated Weekly Magazine. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Alfred A. Hart, “Locomotive ‘Gov. Stanford,’” ca. 1865. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Currier & Ives, “American Railroad Scene—Snowbound,” lithograph, date unknown. From the private collection of James Brust.
Currier & Ives, "The Express Train," lithograph, 1870. From the private collection of James Brust.
Theodore R. Davis, “Group of Workmen on the Union Pacific Railroad,” 1867, from Harper’s Illustrated Weekly Magazine. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Alfred A. Hart, “Locomotive ‘Gov. Stanford,’” ca. 1865. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Currier & Ives, “American Railroad Scene—Snowbound,” lithograph, date unknown. From the private collection of James Brust.

Currier & Ives, "The Express Train," lithograph, 1870. From the private collection of James Brust.

Theodore R. Davis, "Group of Workmen on the Union Pacific Railroad," 1867, from Harper's Illustrated Weekly Magazine. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Alfred A. Hart, "Locomotive 'Gov. Stanford,'" ca. 1865. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Currier & Ives, "American Railroad Scene—Snowbound," lithograph, date unknown. From the private collection of James Brust.

Print of a train

April 20, 2012–July 23, 2012

MaryLou and George Boone Gallery