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Kansas City Bridge: View Looking North From Center of Open Span
Kansas City Bridge: View Looking North From Center of Open Span

Kansas City Bridge: View Looking North From Center of Open Span

Artist Joseph P. Babbitt (American, born 1830)
Date1869
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 inches (21.75 × 17.15 cm)
Mount: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3078
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, top, in black ink: "Kansas City Bridge."; On mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "View looking North from centre of open Span / July 15th 1869".
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left corner, in black pen: "21"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "MJPB.104.a.X".
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DescriptionImage of a iron railroad bridge with a large limestone pier and a ladder tethered above. Men stand along edges of the bridge and trees line the shoreline behind them.
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