Bull train crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. On the old Santa Fe crossing 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Level of Description: Item
Material Type: Photograph
Call Number:
Gardner Coll. No. 145
Unit ID: 146
Summary: This stereograph shows a bull train and cattle crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a covered wagon. It is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.
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Title (Main title): Bull train crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. On the old Santa Fe crossing 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Part of: Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, by Alexander Gardner.
Locators:
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Index Terms
Subjects
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Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Albumen prints
Stereographs
Ellsworth (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century
Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century
Smoky Hill River (Colo. and Kan.)
Cattle -- Kansas -- Ellsworth
Covered wagons -- Kansas -- Ellsworth
Creators and Contributors
Notes
General Note: Series, title and statement of responsibility from label.
General Note: Digital image of original albumen stereograph, scanned by the Kansas State Historical Society, as part of the Western Trails Project, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
General Note: The original is an albumen stereograph and measures 8 x 16.9 cm.
