File:The Last Spike 1869 (detail).jpg

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Thomas Hill
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Excerpt from The Last Spike, painting by Thomas Hill depicting the ceremony of the driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, UT, on May 10, 1869, joining the rails of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Date 1881
date QS:P571,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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