The Mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas. 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

The Mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas. 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

Photograph

Alexander Gardner

Maker
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882

The Mayor of Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas. 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

From "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division"


September–October 1867
Albumen silver print
7.5 x 7.7 cm. (each) on 8.2 x 17.1 cm. mount
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
1981.7171.0048
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