A stereograph showing the Kansas State Capitol building under construction in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, in 1867. The photograph shows scaffolding, workers, building stone, and a portion of the completed first floor. The stereograph is from Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division," and includes the notation "351 miles west of St. Louis Mo."
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 84
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 84
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 84
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials
Business and Industry - Construction - Equipment
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Construction
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer)
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
People - Notable People - Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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