Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way

Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way

Photograph

Alexander Gardner

Maker
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882

Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way

October 19, 1867
Albumen silver print
Image: 6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
Mount: 10 × 12 in. (25.4 × 30.5 cm)
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Inscriptions Printed in ink on mount recto, BL: ALEX. GARDNER, Photographer,
Printed in ink on mount recto, BR: 511 Seventh Street, Washington.
Printed in ink on mount recto, BC: ACROSS THE CONTINENT ON THE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. \ (ROUTE OF THE 35TH PARALLEL.) \ "Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way." \ Laying track, 300 miles west of Missouri River, 19th October, 1867.
Stamped in ink on mount recto, BC: No. 39.
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