NPRR Events – crowd, including dentist A.F. Foote, gathered at grandstand at Golden Spike ceremony at Gold Creek (one cyanotype) (1883) (taken by F.A. Greenleaf); crowd gathered on tracks and grandstand at Golden Spike ceremony including men with camera on a scaffold (taken by I.G. Davidson); group of Crow Indian men in traditional dress at the Golden Spike ceremony including White Bear (Russell W. Bear’s father), Wet, Covers Up His Feet; Bell Rock (Mit-a-wosh), Medicine Crow (Joe Medicine Crow’s grandfather), Pretty Eagle, Four Balls, and Old Dog (Bis-ca-carriers) (taken by F.A. Greenleaf); group, including Calamity Jane and a few armed soldiers, stand with locomotive #291 as the train arrives in Billings during the Pullman strike (1894); large crowd of men stand near locomotive #606 that brought the first train to Billings after the Pullman strike (1894); group of people, including many young girls in white dresses and men holding banners, standing on and by the first train into Pony by locomotive #136 (May 1897); men and women, including John W. Brook and Tom Brook, standing with the first train into Twin Bridges pulled by locomotive #468 (circa 1897)., circa 1883-1897
Scope and Contents
Photographs of wrecks at Wimsett Point and near Mullan. Events include the 1883 Golden Spike ceremony at Gold Creek, trains arriving in Billings during the Pullman strike in 1894, and first trains arriving at Pony and Twin Bridges in 1897.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1883-1897
Language of Materials
No textual or other language materials are included in the collection. Captions are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Boxes
From the Collection: 401 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 47 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 20 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 27 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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