Oxen and Wagons on Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory, 1885
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Artifact Overview
In the 1880s, towns in the western United States that were isolated from river and rail transportation networks relied on freight haulers to supply needed goods. Drivers navigated heavy, product-laden wagons hitched to teams of mules or oxen over mountain passes and across lonely, open expanses to deliver their cargo. This image show wagons loaded with goods on Main Street in Buffalo, Wyoming.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1885
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.803.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of George Dalgleish.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.563 in
Width: 6.625 in
Inscriptions
caption on bottom of photograph:
MAIN ST. BUFFALO WYO
handwritten on back:
Main St. Buffalo, Wyoming Bull whackers [?] starting for the main road 100 miles distant.
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