Research Catalog

Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

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

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Additional authors
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
  1. 14 stereographs (photographic prints) : albumen, b&w; 83 x 172 mm.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Photographica
  2. Stereographs
  3. Photographic prints
  4. Albumen prints
  5. Group portraits
  6. Topeka (Kan.)
  7. Kansas River (Kan.)
  8. Hays (Kan.)
  9. Fort Riley (Kan.)
  10. Fort Hays (Kan.)
  11. Abilene (Kan.)
  12. Toll roads > Kansas
  13. Streets > Kansas > Manhattan
  14. Sod buildings > Kansas
  15. Rivers > Kansas
  16. Railroad tracks > Kansas
  17. Railroad construction & maintenance > Kansas
  18. Railroads > Kansas
  19. Prairie dogs > Kansas
  20. Bridges > Kansas
  21. Rivers > Missouri
  22. Grain elevators > Missouri > Saint Louis
  23. Flatboats
  24. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Genre/Form
  1. Group portraits.
  2. Albumen prints.
  3. Photographic prints.
  4. Stereographs.
Call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 92-F101
Note
  1. Title and statement of responsibility from labels.
  2. Includes one half view.
  3. Views are numbered: 5, 20, 22, 89, 97, 102, 109, 116, 128, 132, 147, 149, 151.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Author
  1. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer.
Title
  1. Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division / Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery.
Imprint
  1. Washington, D. C. : Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, 1867.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite as:
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Local subject
  1. Photographica.
Added author
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 92-F101
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