Andrew J. Russell
American, 1830-1902
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Photographer Andrew J. Russell began his career as an artist. As a commissioned officer in the Civil War, he was assigned to special duty as photographer for the U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps.
After the war, Andrew J. Russell went west to record images of the Union Pacific Railroad as it was built westward from Omaha, Nebraska. The result of his efforts is a collection of 650 10 x 13 inch glassplate negatives now in the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
Member of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)
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