I.G. Davidson
1870s (ca)
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 1/2 x 8 1/4 ins (14 x 21 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 17, 2014, #2361, Lot 13)
 
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.
 
LL/55632