Passengers on the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad, South Dakota, circa 1895

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Artifact Overview

Passengers gathered for a photograph when the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley train stopped in a South Dakota mountain pass. The photograph, taken about 1907, shows the happy group on the back platform while the engineer and others peer out from the side.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1895

Creator Notes

Photography attributed to William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.032051

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 6.938 in
Width: 9.25 in

Inscriptions

On back in pencil: Ex / Print / South Dakota F E & M.V. RY / 32051 [in different hand:] S.D. 5 [in circle] 5-526
Passengers on the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad, South Dakota, circa 1895