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This photograph shows an unidentified Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee loading a pack donkey at Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible is a canvas tent in the background. Construction began in the canyon in 1905 and was completed in 1908.
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
Item Number: 23901
Call Number: ATSF Series 5, #2.08
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 23901
Agriculture - Livestock - Donkeys
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Camp
Built Environment - Materials - Cloth/Canvas
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Construction
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Engineers
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Type of Material - Photographs
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