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- Wyoming Motor Club Badge, 1950-1970 - Twentieth-century motorists who belonged to automobile clubs attached badges or emblems to their vehicles. These membership badges were displayed prominently on radiators, license plates, bumpers, or elsewhere on the car. The badges helped identify members and promoted the organization. In the 1950s and 1960s, badges, like this one, were used by members of the Wyoming Motor Club, a local AAA affiliate.
- 1950-1970
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Wyoming Motor Club Badge, 1950-1970
Twentieth-century motorists who belonged to automobile clubs attached badges or emblems to their vehicles. These membership badges were displayed prominently on radiators, license plates, bumpers, or elsewhere on the car. The badges helped identify members and promoted the organization. In the 1950s and 1960s, badges, like this one, were used by members of the Wyoming Motor Club, a local AAA affiliate.
- Broncho Busting, Wyoming Territory, circa 1885 - The Wyoming cattle boom began soon after the Civil War. Ranchers hired cowboys to tend the herds that roamed the open range. Cowboys needed good horses when they rounded up cattle and drove the herd to market. Wild horses unused to a saddle may buck, kick and refuse to be mounted. Broncho busting tamed unruly horses. It also became a sport among the hard-working cowboys.
- circa 1885
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Broncho Busting, Wyoming Territory, circa 1885
The Wyoming cattle boom began soon after the Civil War. Ranchers hired cowboys to tend the herds that roamed the open range. Cowboys needed good horses when they rounded up cattle and drove the herd to market. Wild horses unused to a saddle may buck, kick and refuse to be mounted. Broncho busting tamed unruly horses. It also became a sport among the hard-working cowboys.
- City of Newcastle, Wyoming Territory, 1890 - Newcastle, Wyoming, was established in the late 1880s when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad pushed northwest from Nebraska toward Montana. The addition of a spur line from Newcastle to coal fields to the north benefited the new city. Coal was vital to fueling 19th-century American industry, including the railroad's locomotives. The city's population boomed, reaching 1,000 within a few years.
- 1890
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City of Newcastle, Wyoming Territory, 1890
Newcastle, Wyoming, was established in the late 1880s when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad pushed northwest from Nebraska toward Montana. The addition of a spur line from Newcastle to coal fields to the north benefited the new city. Coal was vital to fueling 19th-century American industry, including the railroad's locomotives. The city's population boomed, reaching 1,000 within a few years.
- Wyoming License Plate, 1929 - Early state-issued license plates were made of porcelain-coated iron. Later, states stamped tin, steel, or even copper to make plates. During the Second World War several states used fiberboard. Plate colors varied and some states added symbols, mottoes, or other design elements. Today, states use reflective sheeting to coat a standard-sized aluminum blank which is then stamped and decorated.
- 1929
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Wyoming License Plate, 1929
Early state-issued license plates were made of porcelain-coated iron. Later, states stamped tin, steel, or even copper to make plates. During the Second World War several states used fiberboard. Plate colors varied and some states added symbols, mottoes, or other design elements. Today, states use reflective sheeting to coat a standard-sized aluminum blank which is then stamped and decorated.
- Wonder Bread Building, Rock Springs, Wyoming, 2004 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 2004
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Wonder Bread Building, Rock Springs, Wyoming, 2004
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- Lodgings and Rates, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1964 -
- 1964
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Lodgings and Rates, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1964
- Souvenir Postcard, "Welcome to Cody Wyoming," 1916 - This postcard, sent from Buffalo Bill Cody to Henry Ford in 1916, shows recently created trails bringing motorists to Yellowstone National Park.
- October 21, 1916
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Souvenir Postcard, "Welcome to Cody Wyoming," 1916
This postcard, sent from Buffalo Bill Cody to Henry Ford in 1916, shows recently created trails bringing motorists to Yellowstone National Park.
- Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory, 1885 - 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.
- 1885
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Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory, 1885
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.
- House at the Powder River Crossing, Wyoming Territory, 1885 - By the late 1870s, pioneers began settling the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Ranchers brought in cattle, prospectors traveled safely to Montana mine fields, and towns sprang up along the connecting trails and stage routes. This image shows a log cabin built by one of the settlers at Powder River Crossing.
- 1885
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House at the Powder River Crossing, Wyoming Territory, 1885
By the late 1870s, pioneers began settling the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Ranchers brought in cattle, prospectors traveled safely to Montana mine fields, and towns sprang up along the connecting trails and stage routes. This image shows a log cabin built by one of the settlers at Powder River Crossing.
- Horseman in a Canyon, Wyoming Territory, 1880-1889 - George and Thomas Dalgleish owned a photography studio in the Wyoming Territory in the 1880s. The brothers traveled the territory documenting the region's people, towns and activities. The notation on the back of the photograph refers to this man as "Billy the Kid," a hunter and trapper. A friend of the photographer, he was not the infamous outlaw who died in a shootout in 1881.
- 1880-1889
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Horseman in a Canyon, Wyoming Territory, 1880-1889
George and Thomas Dalgleish owned a photography studio in the Wyoming Territory in the 1880s. The brothers traveled the territory documenting the region's people, towns and activities. The notation on the back of the photograph refers to this man as "Billy the Kid," a hunter and trapper. A friend of the photographer, he was not the infamous outlaw who died in a shootout in 1881.