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Buffalo stampede, Neb.

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Call NumberWHJ-10610; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1932SummaryWhite men in Conestoga wagons, and on foot, and North American Indians on horseback hunt stampeding buffalo on probably the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Indians hold bows and arrows and lances, and some of the settlers shoot rifles. Women and children are inside the covered wagons. Men try to calm the yoked oxen. Probably the Platte River, is in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 22 x 34 cm (9 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--NebraskaOregon National Historic TrailPlatte River (Neb.)Bison hunting--NebraskaCovered wagons--NebraskaPioneers--NebraskaStampedes--NebraskaWagon trains--NebraskaWatercolorsWestward movement--Nebraska.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310610Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 11 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. R7003106106DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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