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Mitchell Pass, Scott's Bluff, Neb.

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Call NumberWHJ-10618; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1930SummaryA wagon train climbs Mitchell Pass on the Oregon Trail in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (later Scotts Bluff National Monument.) Wagon masters crack their whips over ox teams that pull Conestoga wagons. Eagle Rock and bluffs are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 27 x 34 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectEagle Rock (Neb.)Mitchell Pass (Neb.)Oregon National Historic TrailScotts Bluff County (Neb.)Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)Ox teams--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff CountyPasses (Landforms)--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff CountyRock formations--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff CountyWagon trains--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff CountyWatercolorsWestward movement--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff County.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310618Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 19 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. R7003106180DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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