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This is a stereograph showing a train on a railroad trestle bridge near Fort Harker, Kansas. The photo was taken 500 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, near present day Kanopolis, Kansas. It is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 123
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 123
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 123
Business and Industry - Railroad - Bridges
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer)
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Harker
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
Places - Cities and towns - Kanopolis
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Harker
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Bridges
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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