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Ezra Meeker on the Oregon trail, calking [sic] wagon bed to cross the Loup

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Call Number	Z-1962
Title	Ezra Meeker on the Oregon trail, calking [sic] wagon bed to cross the Loup
Summary	Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, kneels beside a wooden wagon bed near the Loup River in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. He has long white hair, wears a striped shirt, slacks and boots, and holds a hammer. Wooden wagon wheels on an axle, wooden boxes, and a timber frame for a covered wagon are on the ground nearby. Carved or painted letters on the wagon bed read: "W. R." and "W. B."
Date	[between 1910 and 1912?]
Notes	"No. 8" inked on original negative and reproduced in photographic print.; Title inked on card mount.; R7110019620
Physical Description	1 photographic print on card mount ; 30 x 35 cm. (12 x 14 in.)
Subject	Loup River (Neb.)--1910-1920. Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920. Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920. Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920. Fords (Stream crossings)--Nebraska--1910-1920. Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920. Rivers--Nebraska--1910-1920. Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928.
Source	Source: J. G. Masters.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Card photographs.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	11001962.TIF