[WESTERN AMERICANA]. CDV of Union Pacific telegraphers taken during a Show Shoe Expedition over Big Mountain between Salt Lake and Echo Canyon. 1867.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. CDV of Union Pacific telegraphers taken during a Show Shoe Expedition over Big Mountain between Salt Lake and Echo Canyon. 1867.
2 1/16 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning to print and mount, some soiling and wear to mount). CDV is affixed to 3 x 5 5/8 in. album page with period inked notation, "George Stewart Telegraph Line Repairer and Self in from a 37 mile Snow Shoe Expedition over Big mountain between Salt Lake and Echo Canyon 1867." Both men wear snow shoes, goggles, and other gear. The seated man also wears a holstered revolver on his belt.
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