A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches the North Platte River in Nebraska. Men, women, children and dogs walk or ride in bullock drawn Conestoga wagons. Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff are in the distance. People wave at a Pony Express rider who passes the wagon train.
Description
1 photographic print : hand col. ; 34 x 26 cm. (13 1/2 x 10 in.) mounted on mat board 51 x 41 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Is Part Of
Denver Public Library Western Art Collection
Subject
Chimney Rock (Neb.)--19th century; North Platte River--19th century; Covered wagons--Nebraska--19th century; Horseback riding--Nebraska--19th century; Pioneers--Nebraska--19th century; Pony express--Nebraska--19th century; Rivers--Nebraska--19th century; Rock formations--Nebraska--19th century; Wagon trains--Nebraska--19th century; Watercolors--1930-1940; Westward movement--Nebraska--19th century
Format-Medium
Art; Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700310649
Notes
"No. 50" inked on verso.; Photographic print of a watercolor by William Henry Jackson, from the William Henry Jackson Collection at Scotts Bluff National Monument, hand colored by Clarence S. Jackson.; Title penciled on mat board.; R7003106499
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