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This stereograph shows construction workers laying track 20 miles west of Hays, Ellis County, Kan. A construction train is visible in the stereograph.
It is from Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division."
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 153
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 152
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 153
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Track
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer)
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Stereographs
Places - Counties - Ellis
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Track
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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