Fourteen Mule Jerk Line Freight Teams, Utah to Idaho – 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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A window into the past: Fourteen Mule Jerk Line Freight Teams, Utah to Idaho, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fourteen Mule Jerk Line Freight Teams, Utah to Idaho
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Fourteen mule teams hauling freight between Utah and Idaho make this 1942 view stand apart from the other wagon scenes on the board. The jerk line, a long single rein running from the driver to the bit of a lead animal, let one man steer a whole string without walking beside the animals, a method common on rough western freight routes. By 1942 motor trucks had taken over most long-haul freight, so a train this size was already a survival of an older trade. The caption information has not been fully verified, so the route and other particulars are best read as provisional.
| Created / published | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mules; Wagon trains. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,191 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156479 |
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