View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River, on the Oregon Trail, at Fort Caspar near present day Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. A wagon train, with ox-drawn covered wagons, crosses the bridge. North American Indian and white men with rifles ride horseback or stand near a log building and a tepee. Shows a United States flag on a flagpole near the bridge.
Description
1 photographic print : hand col. ; 23 x 34 cm. (9 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm. (16 x 20 in.)
Is Part Of
Denver Public Library Western Art Collection
Subject
Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--19th century; North Platte River--19th century; Oregon National Historic Trail--19th century; Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Pioneers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Rivers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Tipis--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Wagon trains--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--19th century; Watercolors--1930-1940; Westward movement--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--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: ZZR700310622
Notes
"No. 23" 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.; R7003106229
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