Oct 17, 2014 - Sale 2361

Sale 2361 - Lot 13

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
DAVIDSON, ISAAC (1845-1922)
"Grading on Big Bluff, three miles above Heron's Rapids" (Chinese workers building the Northern Pacific Railroad at Clark's Fork Division, Oregon). Albumen print, 5 1/2x8 1/4 inches (14x21 cm.). Circa 1870s

Additional Details

Isaac Davidson, a premiere photographer of the Pacific Northwest region, published an extensive series of photographs documenting the scenery and rural communities of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Contracted under the name "Schuster & Davidson," Davidson documented the building of the railroad by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in the mid 1870s.