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Central Pacific Railroad's Jupiter Art Print
by Rick Pisio
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Central Pacific Railroad's Jupiter art print by Rick Pisio. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
Central Pacific Railroad #60, the Jupiter, sits on the rails at Golden Spike National Historic site at Promontory Summit in Utah. On May 10, 1869,... more
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Artist's Description
Central Pacific Railroad #60, the Jupiter, sits 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.
About Rick Pisio
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...
$20.56
Irina Sztukowski
Congratulations on the successful sale!
Sevada Grigoryan
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Gene Parks
Congratulations on your recent sale!!
Rick Pisio
Big THANK YOU to the buyer of the print!