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This stereograph shows railroad livestock transportation cars at McCoy's stockyard, Abilene, 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: 116
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 115
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 116
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Meat - Stockyards
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Business and Industry - Railroad - Freight trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Stock cars
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tracks
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer) - Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
Places - Cities and towns - Abilene
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Transportation - Railroads - Freight trains
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Stock cars
Transportation - Railroads - Tracks
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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