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One Thousand Mile Tree

Artist Charles R. Savage (American, born England, 1832 - 1909)
Dateca. 1860s
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/16 × 6 5/16 inches (8.1 × 16.03 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3719
SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "Union Pacific R.R. / Illustrated by C.R. Savage"; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Union Pacific R.R. / Illustrated by C.R. Savage"; On mount verso, center, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENES IN UTAH, ARIZONA, MONTANTA, IDAHO, / AND / WHOMING TERRITORIES, / Views of the Most Interesting Points on the / Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Utah Central Railroads, / GROUPS OF INDIANS, / AND PORTRAITS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF UTAH, / TAKEN BY / C. R. SAVAGE, / PIONEER ART GALLERY, / East Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah".
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in black type: "One Thousand Mile Tree."
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DescriptionImage of five men standing in a rocky landscape near winding railroad tracks. In the upper left there is a sign on a tall evergreen which reads "1000 Mile Tree".
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