Hotel de Dutton! State line Kansas, 284 miles west of St. Louis, Mo. – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Hotel de Dutton! State line Kansas, 284 miles west of St. Louis, Mo. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hotel de Dutton! State line Kansas, 284 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
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The most distinctive detail here is the hand-lettered sign reading "Hotel de Dutton," set on the Kansas state line and placed 284 miles west of St. Louis, a distance that tells you how the railroad measured its progress. Stopping houses like this one sprang up beside newly laid track in the 1860s, offering meals, lodging and a drink to passengers, workers and freighters. Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery in Washington issued this stereograph in 1867 as No. 12 in the *Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division* series. Viewed through a stereoscope, the card gives the building and its surroundings a sense of 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. 12. 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 | 1,536 × 1,340 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128006 |
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