Framing the Empty: Technology as Progress in Photography and Art

Todd Shallat

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

On May 10, 1869, when Union Pacific met Central Pacific at Promontory in Utah Territory, the driving of a golden spike became America's first live coast-to-coast multimedia extravaganza. Western Union broadcast the final thud of the ceremonial hammer via a wire attached to the spike. Cannons simultaneously boomed in Boston and San Francisco. Fire engines with screeching whistles circled Philadelphia's statehouse for the ringing of the Liberty Bell.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationCities, Sagebrush, and Solitude: Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

EGS Disciplines

  • History

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