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Denver Public Library
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Railroad building on the great plains
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Call Number
Z-4034
Creator
Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891
Date
1870-1880
Summary
U.S. soldiers in uniform and North American Indian men with fringed buckskin shirts and feathers in their hair hold rifles and stand or sit at a camp fire. Construction crews hammer down railroad tracks; a train with cars that read "Northern Pacific 1792, 1192" hauls frame buildings. Shows settlers and covered wagon trains, supply wagons, and tents at a camp site on the plains.
Physical Description
1 print : wood engraving ; 25 x 35 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Northern Pacific Railroad Company--19th century
Indians of North America--19th century
Covered wagons--19th century
Railroad construction & maintenance--19th century
Railroads--19th century
Soldiers--19th century
Wagon trains--19th century
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711004034; Harper's weekly.
Type of Material
Illustrations
Tear sheets
Wood engravings
Notes
Attribution engraved in original and reproduced in print. Formerly F13413; Tear sheet consists of page 577, removed from Harper's weekly. Title and "drawn by A.R. Waud. [see page 579.]" printed on tear sheet. R7110040346
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Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891,
Railroad building on the great plains
(1870-1880). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 25/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1130576