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by Rick Pisio
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "Central Pacific and Union Pacific Locomotives at Promontory, Uta" by Rick Pisio. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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Central Pacific Railroad #60, the Jupiter, sits facing Union Pacific #119 on the rails at Golden Spike National Historic site at Promontory Summit in... more
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Central Pacific Railroad #60, the Jupiter, sits facing Union Pacific #119 on the rails at Golden Spike National Historic site at Promontory Summit in Utah. On May 10, 1869, the original Jupiter along with the Union Pacific's No. 119 where placed nose to nose a railroad tie width apart during the driving of the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. The original Jupiter was lost to the scrap heap and in honor of the Transcontinental Railroad's bicentennial in 1969 a reproduction of the original was made.
It all started when I was about 5 or 6 years old and I got my hands on a well used Kodak Brownie Target Six-20. I would wander the neighborhood, carefully selecting the 12 exposures, and then run the roll of black and white 620 film to the Fotomat in the parking lot of the nearby grocery store to get it processed. I eventually progressed to a Kodak 110 Instamatic, that I earned by selling newspaper subscriptions, and then in 1977 my parents gave me an Olympus OM-1 SLR for Christmas. The OM-1 opened up a whole new world for me. It was a real camera and felt solid in my hands, but it was also a completely manual camera. No autofocus. No autoexposure. It forced me to learn the relationship between shutter speeds and f-stops, how to control...
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