On Oregon Trail, Ezra Meeker getting ready to cross the Loup
Date
[1910-1912?]
Summary
Men wear trousers, shirts, suspenders, and hats and stand in the Loup River beside a prairie schooner and wagon wheels in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, stands in the bed of the covered wagon used for a boat. Wheels and an axle are on the boat. Rope, an oxen yoke, a covered wagon frame, and probably a dog are near trees beside the river.
Description
1 photographic print on card mount ; 30 x 35 cm. (12 x 14 in.)
Subject
Loup River (Neb.); Oregon National Historic Trail; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska; Covered wagons--Nebraska; Fords (Stream crossings)--Nebraska; Pioneers--Nebraska; Rivers--Nebraska; Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
J. G Masters.
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: ZZR711001956
Notes
Number: "No. 10" inked on original negative and reproduced in photographic print.; Title inked on card mount.; R7110019565
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