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Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

Title
Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division / Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery.
Author
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Publication
Washington, D. C. : Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, 1867.

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Additional Authors
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
14 stereographs (photographic prints) : albumen, b&w; 83 x 172 mm.
Summary
Views on the Union Pacific Railroad, primarily in Kansas: elevator on the river at St. Louis, flat riverboat in foreground; turnpike bridge across the Kansas River near Wyandotte, Kans.; railroad tracks and siding at Stranger, Kans.; four men posing on a fence, Kansas River at left, at Topeka; Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, Kans., showing buildings along street, which ends at water in foreground; tracks running along Kansas River at Fort Riley, Kans.; packing house with barrels in front at Junction City, Kans., the photographer's shadow in foreground; prairie dog town at Abilene, tracks beyond; workmen's ranche [sic] on Alum Creek, with men in the middleground, others on sod house in background; man on rocks, near balanced "Mushroom Rock" on Alum Creek; man sitting in foreground, mounted man in middleground and Fort Hays, Kansas, beyond; men and buggy on prairie near Ft. Hays; construction train west of Hays City.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits.
  • Albumen prints.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Stereographs.
Note
  • Title and statement of responsibility from labels.
  • Includes one half view.
  • Views are numbered: 5, 20, 22, 89, 97, 102, 109, 116, 128, 132, 147, 149, 151.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 92-F101
OCLC
NYPG92-F101
Author
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer.
Title
Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division / Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery.
Imprint
Washington, D. C. : Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, 1867.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
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Local Subject
Photographica.
Added Author
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 92-F101
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