Biography

Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) was an American photographer.

Andrew Joseph ("A. J.") Russell was born March 20, 1829 in New Hampshire to John Russell and Harriet Robinson Russell. He is well-known for his work photographing the American Civil War and the Union Pacific Railroad. He died September 22, 1902 in New York.

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Wikipedia, via WWW (born March 20 1829; parents John and Harriet Russell; photographed Civil War and Union Pacific Railroad; died September 22 1902).

Library of Congress Name Authority File, via WWW, Jan. 15, 2019 (Andrew J. Russell; Russell's Civil War photographs; b. 1830; d.1902; photographed building of the Union Pac. Railroad; Name variants are A. J. Russell and Andrew Joseph Russell; photographer, painter; covered the Civil War and Union Pacific Railroad; b. born in Walpole, New Hampshire on March 20, 1829; died 22 September 1902, Brooklyn, New York; 19th-century American photographer of the Civil War and Union Pacific Railroad).