Mule Teams 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
30.803.9
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: 5 in
Width: 6.938 in
Inscriptions
caption on bottom of photograph:
DALGLEISH PHOTO 188[?] / MAIN ST. BUFFALO MULE [----?] FROM R.R. 150 MILES DUTANT, WYO, T.
handwritten on back:
Mule Skinners on Main St. Buffalo. Starting for the rail road 100 miles distant.
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