EVENTS OF THE WEST
Transcontinental Photos
his year marks the sesquicentennial of the 1869 completion of the world’s first transcontinental railroad. The Union Pacific Museum [] in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is partnering with the Joslyn Art Museum [] in Omaha, Neb., on “The Race to Promontory,” a traveling exhibition of photographs and stereographs by Andrew Joseph Russell and Alfred A.. Call 916-808-7000 or visit . Meanwhile, the Oakland Museum of California presents “Pushing West: The Photography of A.J. Russell,” featuring rare vintage and digital prints, landscape and 3D images and original collodion negatives, as well as memorabilia, ephemera and a video demonstrating the collodion process. Call 510-318-8400 or visit .
