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This stereograph shows bridge construction across the Kansas River (known as the "Kaw") at Wyandotte, Kansas, 286 miles west of St. Louis Missouri. 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: 12
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 12
Business and Industry - Construction - Road and bridge
Business and Industry - Railroad - Bridges
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
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 - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Bridges
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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