Call NumberZ-4037CreatorGraham, Charles, 1852-1911Date1860-1870SummaryLocomotives push a wedge snow plow, the "snow king," over deep snow on tracks beside telegraph poles in Minnesota. Wolves howl in the moonlight near railroad tracks, travellers approach a log cabin in the snow, and North American Indians on snowshoes are near a passenger car stuck in the snow on the plains.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 28 x 40 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBlizzards--19th centuryLog cabins--19th centuryRailroad snowplow locomotives--19th centuryRailroadsSnow removal--19th centuryWolves--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004037; Harper's weekly. vol. XXVII, no. 1362.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesArticle on verso describes the images. Artist's signature engraved in original and reproduced in print. Tear sheet consists of page 57, removed from Harper's weekly, vol. XXVII no. 1362. Title and "drawn by Charles Graham [see page 58.]" printed on tear sheet. R7110040370
Graham, Charles, 1852-1911, Winter railroad travel in the northwest (1860-1870). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 05/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1130549
