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1200 × 681 pixels THE GIRL OF IRON Mary Peterson Ipsen

A large group of people stand in front of and between the two trains at the meeting of the transcontinental railroad.

Photo at the official Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, May 10, 1869
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