Railroad bridge across Grasshopper creek Kansas 336 miles west of St. Louis Mo. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Railroad bridge across Grasshopper creek Kansas 336 miles west of St. Louis Mo.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Railroad bridge across Grasshopper creek Kansas 336 miles west of St. Louis Mo.
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Stereo card No. 73 shows a railroad bridge spanning Grasshopper Creek in Kansas, a point the card's caption places 336 miles west of St. Louis. It belongs to a series titled *Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division*, which documented the line's route through the Plains in the late 1860s, when railroads were pushing west and bridges like this one were essential to the work. The catalog's subject headings, however, refer to Lookout Mountain in Tennessee and to Civil War engineering, which does not match the Kansas title, so researchers should check the cataloging before relying on the location.
| Created / published | 1867 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | No. 73. Title from item. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Surveying equipment--Tennessee--Lookout Mountain--1860-1870. Rock formations--Tennessee--Lookout Mountain--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Engineering & construction--Union--Tennessee--Lookout Mountain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,745 × 2,355 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268494 |
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