Russell, Andrew J.
Person
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.
Citation:
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).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mormon family, Great Salt Lake Valley
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239247437]
Identifier: MSS 8878
Scope and Contents
Contains an albumen stereo card showing the Ashton family in Kaysville, Utah. It was taken by Andrew J. Russell, who was with C.R. Savage and Alfred A. Hart to photograph and document the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in this Mormon settlement in the Utah Territory. Andrew J. Russell and C.R. Savage photographed this family at the same time. Russell mistakenly recorded that it was a polygamous family. In reality, those shown in the photograph are Samuel Ashton, his...
Dates:
1868