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Old Platte bridge, Wyo., 1866

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Call Number	WHJ-10622; C54-3 ART
Title	Old Platte bridge, Wyo., 1866
Creator(s)	Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary	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.
Date	1932
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
Physical 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.)--1860-1870. North Platte River--1860-1870. Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870. Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Pioneers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Rivers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Tipis--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Wagon trains--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870. Watercolors--1930-1940. Westward movement--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.
Source	Clarence S. Jackson; purchase; 1954.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Contact WHG staff for availability of digital reproductions at: Photosales@denverlibrary.org
Type of Material	Photographic prints--Hand col.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700310622
Format-Medium	Art Photograph
Filename	00310622.TIF
CONTENTdm number	79299

Old Platte bridge, Wyo., 1866

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