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This stereograph shows Lincoln College (now Washburn University) Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are business buildings and dwellings. In the foreground are construction buildings and stones used to build the Kansas capitol. 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: 87
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 87
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 87
Built Environment - Function - Education - College or University
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials
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
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Lincoln College
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
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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