Snapshots of a westward rail journey in 1892, possibly taken by someone traveling with a group of Freemasons. Men in masonic caps and regalia appear in several of the images, and one is captioned "Group of citizens (at Station to see Sir Kts.)". The photos show Niagara Falls, New York, including a boat moving through the streets on a trolley track; Pullman, Illinois; the depots at Red Oaks, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska; the railroad bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa; Florence and other unidentified towns in Nebraska; Gunnison, Roggin, and Glenwood Springs in Colorado; the Marshall Pass through the Rocky Mountains; unidentified prairie homesteads and scenes; and several unidentified depots and scenic stops
Description:
Photographer unidentified., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript captions on verso of most photos. Card mounts printed on verso: "From Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, 374 Washington Street, Boston. Kodak, Kamaret and Hawk-eye Cameras, Developing & Reloading."
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), Missouri river, Niagara Falls (N.Y.), Pullman (Chicago, Ill.), Omaha (Neb.), Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Gunnison (Colo.), and Marshall Pass (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Railroads, Railroad travel, Freemasons, Travelers, Railroad stations, Railroad bridges, Frontier and pioneer life, and Prairies
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, Lake Le Barge, the White Horse and Five Finger Rapids, the Five Fingers islands, Miles Canyon, and Chilkoot Pass. There are also photographs of hunting expeditions and of caribou and moose, City views feature many images of Dawson City, where the Goetzmans were based, as well as views of Minto, Mayo City, Eagle City, Sitka, Gold Bottom, Gold Run, Forty Mile Town, Fort Wrangel, Bonanza Creek and Chechaco Hill. Posts and personnel of the Northwest Mounted Police posts are well documented, and there are also group portraits of Alaskan athletic teams, miners, prominent citizens, and the Dawson Rifle Club, and Several photographs show the Goetzman's dog sled, decorated with advertisements for photographic supplies and services. There are also four studio portraits of Mrs. Goetzman, one of which includes her cat
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Included with the photographs are a watercolor of the Five Fingers, a metal stamp with Mrs. H. J. Goetzman's signature in relief, and a letter written on a "Klondike mail card" made of birch bark, from Mrs. H. J. Goetzman to her daughter Miss Edith Goetzman, January 22, 1904.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
Shows 4 profiles., "These are profiles not of the actual trails of the surveying parties, but of the best railroad routes which came under their observation.", and Includes text.
Indexed pocket map, tourists' and shippers' guide of Texas, Texas, Rand McNally indexed pocket map, tourists' and shippers' guide, Rand McNally standard map of Texas, Standard map of Texas, Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of Texas, and New commercial atlas map of Texas
Description:
BEIN Covers 796 1921: Original wrappers. Inscription on front cover: Malcolm R. Thorpe., Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., Shows railroads and counties., Title from index., Includes insets of the panhandle and southern Texas, and indexes., and On verso: Rand McNally main highway map of Texas. Scale [ca. 1:1,267,200].
Publisher:
Rand McNally
Subject (Geographic):
Texas and Texas Panhandle (Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Administrative and political divisions and Railroads
Print depicts the town of Sherman, Wyoming, at the summit of the original grade of the Union Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 8,247 ft (2,514 m); shows the town's two hotels, Sherman House and Summit House, train engine and flat cars, other buildings, and the Laramie Mountains in the background
Description:
BEIN BrSides4o Zc47 869un: On sheet 13.0 x 28.5 cm. and Title from caption below image
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
Sherman (Albany County, Wyo. : Ghost town), Albany County (Wyo.), United States, and Overland Trails
Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include a view of the Tabernacle, and two images that show the residences of Brigham Young, known as the Beehive House and Lion House; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. An image depicts a portrait of a Mormon family in the Great Salt River Valley, Images of locations in the vicinity of Echo, Utah, include Hanging Rock at the mouth of Echo Canyon; Sentinel Rock in Echo Canyon, as well as Sphinx Rock near Echo, Images of locations in Weber River Valley, Utah, include a view of the valley from Wilhelmina Pass, and images of Devil's Gate and Tunnel No. 4., A portrait depicts a group of officials gathered at Fort Sanders, Laramie, Wyoming, in the summer of 1868, which includes Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and Sidney Dillon, the director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Images of locations in Wyoming include Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin and Skull Rock near Sherman Station as well as several sites in the Green River Valley consisting of Castle Rock, Citadel Rock, and Smith's Buttes, and Other images include a view of men and a horse on High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area of Wyoming; a view of a construction train in the Bear River Valley in Utah or Wyoming; and an image of Omaha, Nebraska, that shows a street leading to the Missouri River
Description:
Title from cover., Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume., and Some of these photographs appear in A. J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869.
Publisher:
A. Mudge & Son Print
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
