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Kansas City Bridge: View Looking South from Center of Open Draw
Kansas City Bridge: View Looking South from Center of Open Draw

Kansas City Bridge: View Looking South from Center of Open Draw

Artist Joseph P. Babbitt (American, born 1830)
Date1869
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 11/16 inches (21.75 × 16.99 cm)
Mount: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3079
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, top, in black ink: "Kansas City Bridge."; On mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "View looking South from centre of open Draw / August 2nd, 1869.".
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left, in black pen: "22"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "MJPB.104.b.X".
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DescriptionImage of an iron railroad bridge with a large limestone pier. Several men stand along the left edge of the bridge and one figure stands at the top of a ladder which extends above the bridge. In the background is a rocky hillside with railroad tracks at the base.
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