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This is an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad promotional advertisement of wild life, rock formations and frontier settlements to be found on the railroad line. The second sheet includes engravings, possibly by Henry Worall, of sites along the route including prairie scences with antelope, prairie dogs, and bison; a dugout on the plains; the Rocky Mountains; and the Garden of the Gods. The document also includes a map of the AT&SF route.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: 1870s or 1880s
Item Number: 210250
Call Number: Railroad Scrapbook K PORT 385 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210250
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Collections - Library
Community Life - Community services - Airports and Railroads
Community Life - Community services - Travel and tourism
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Travel
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Environment - Landscape
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Environment - Natural resources - Silver
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Antelope
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Buffalo/Bison
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Prairie dogs
Home and Family - Activities - Vacations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Handbill
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Arizona
Places - Other States - Colorado - Colorado Springs
Places - Other States - Colorado - Denver
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
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