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Westport Landing, Mo.

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Call NumberWHJ-10605; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1937SummaryView of tents and Conestoga wagons beside the Missouri River near Westport (Jackson County), Kansas, a starting point for the Oregon Trail. A steam paddlewheel riverboat is anchored near the edge of the river. Shows people on horseback and near a campfire.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 25 x 34 cm (10 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMissouri RiverOregon National Historic TrailWestport (Kansas City, Mo.)Camping--Missouri--Jackson CountyCovered wagons--Missouri--Jackson CountyHorseback riding--Missouri--Jackson CountyPioneers--Missouri--Jackson CountyStern wheelers--Missouri--Jackson CountyWagon trains--Missouri--Jackson CountyWatercolorsWestward movement--Missouri--Jackson County.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310605Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 6 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. R7003106059DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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