The mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of The mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
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Its title playfully calls a prairie dog colony near Abilene, Kansas, a town with a mayor, which sets it apart from the more typical railway views in this series. Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery issued the stereograph in Washington in 1867, and it is numbered 117 in the series *Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division*. The caption measures Abilene's distance as 447 miles west of St. Louis, a reminder that the river city was a common starting point for travelers and freight bound for the plains. Stereographs like this were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which made the flat plains appear to stretch into depth.
| Created / published | Washington : Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, 1867. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 117. Title from item. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,087 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115217 |
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