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
Type of Material
Photographic prints--Hand col.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pony express--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--Nebraska--1860-1870.
Format-Medium
Art; Photograph;
Source
Clarence S. Jackson; purchase; 1954.
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
Filename
00310649.TIF
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