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Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103]
1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print, with mount
14.9 x 20.3 cm (image)
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000103
LL/45539 [Further details available]
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Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103]
1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print, with part of mount
14.9 x 20.3 cm (image)
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000103
LL/45540 [Further details available]
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Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103]
1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
14.9 x 20.3 cm (image)
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000103
LL/45541 [Further details available]
3 of 12
Engineer camp at the Zuni Pass, in the Sierra Madre, N.M., 975 miles west of Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.77]
1867 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
15 x 20.3 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000077
LL/45542 [Further details available]
4 of 12
El Moro, or Inscription Rock, Western New Mexico
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.80]
1867 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
14.9 x 20.2 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000080
LL/45543 [Further details available]
5 of 12
Camp of surverying party at Russel's Tank, Arizona, on eastern slope of Laja Range, 1,271 miles from Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.80]
1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
15 x 20.2 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000088
LL/45544 [Further details available]
6 of 12
Tehachapa Pass in Sierra Nevada, California. 1,730 miles west of Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.115]
1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
15 x 20.2 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000115
LL/45545 [Further details available]
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Oaks in Tehachapa Pass, crossing of the Sierra Nevadas, California, 1,720 miles from Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.118]
1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
15 x 20.2 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000118
LL/45546 [Further details available]
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"Seal Rocks," in Pacific Ocean, near San Francisco, 1,955 miles west of Missouri River. "Last scene of all in this strange, eventful history."
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.127]
1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
14.9 x 20.3 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000127
LL/45547 [Further details available]
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Surveying Party at Agua Frio, in Sierra Madre, New Mexico, (The Water Shed of the Continent,) 970 miles west of Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.75]
1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
14.9 x 20.4 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000075
LL/45548 [Further details available]
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Partridge Creek, Western Base of Mogoyon Range, Arizona; Mescal Plant in foreground. 1,280 miles west of Missouri River.
[Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.90]
1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print)
Albumen print
15 x 20.4 cm
Boston Public Library, Print Department
File name: 10_08_000090
LL/45549 [Further details available]
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Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery
1868 (ca)
Wood engraving
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number: AD/NPG.2015.4
LL/97522
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12 images
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