Chinese railroad workers, ca. 1880
Title
Chinese railroad workers, ca. 1880
Subject
Chinese Americans; Oregon (State); Work; Employment; Railroad construction and maintenance; Railroad handcars; Railroad employees; Oregon Pacific Railroad Company
Description
Track maintenance workers, called "gandy dancers" in railroad slang, patrol the Oregon Pacific Railroad in a hand
Publisher
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.,
Date
ca. 1880
Type
Photographs
Format
Original images were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
Identifier
OrHi 50082
Source
Oregon Historical Society, Washington State University
https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/wsuvan1/id/1116/
https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/wsuvan1/id/1116/
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Citation
“Chinese railroad workers, ca. 1880,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed January 10, 2025, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4973.
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