Railroaded

Henry Villard, at the center with his hat on his knee, posed with members of the party that he brought west to celebrate the completion of the Northern Pacific in 1883.  Villard was intimately familiar with the failure of the transcontinental railroads.

by Frank J. Haynes

Albumen silver print

1883

Image/Sheet: 12.5 x 20.8cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/16")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Henry Villard

NPG.77.62