| I.G. Davidson Grading on Big Bluff, three miles above Heron's Rapids (Chinese workers building the Northern Pacific Railroad at Clark's Fork Division, Oregon) 1870s (ca) Albumen print 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ins (14 x 21 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 17, 2014, #2361, Lot 13) LL/55632 Isaac Davidson (1845-1922)
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.
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