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Photograph album of a railroad trip through the western United States
Title
[Photograph album of a railroad trip through the western United States].
Production
[California ; Colorado ; Illinois ; North Dakota ; Utah ; Washington], [circa 1890s]
Physical Description
206 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 9 x 14 cm and smaller
10 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; 9 x 9 cm and smaller
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation from captions.
Date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Captions in English.
Provenance
Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2012.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Photograph album with photographs taken by an unidentified individual of sites visited on a railroad trip through the western United States, circa 1890s. Depicted are Pasadena, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina Island, and Santa Cruz, California; Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; Salt Lake City, Utah; Pikes Peak and Cripple Creek, Colorado; North Dakota; and the Canadian Rockies. Included are photographs of the Pullman Car Company’s “Casa Monica” dining car and waitstaff. There are photographs of the 1893 World’s Columbia Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. 10 loose photographs are laid in to the front cover.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2019
References
Photograph Album of a Railroad Trip Through the Western United States. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Photograph Album of a Railroad Trip Through the Western United States. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Photographs.
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