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Railroad building on the great plains

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Call NumberZ-4034CreatorWaud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891Date1870-1880SummaryU.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 Description1 print : wood engraving ; 25 x 35 cm (10 x 14 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectNorthern Pacific Railroad Company--19th centuryIndians of North America--19th centuryCovered wagons--19th centuryRailroad construction & maintenance--19th centuryRailroads--19th centurySoldiers--19th centuryWagon trains--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004034; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesAttribution 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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