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Group of Distinguished Guests of UPRR at 100th Meridian
Group of Distinguished Guests of UPRR at 100th Meridian

Group of Distinguished Guests of UPRR at 100th Meridian

Artist John Carbutt (American, born England, 1832 - 1905)
Dateca. 1869
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/16 × 6 inches (7.78 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 6 7/8 inches (8.41 × 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3723
SignedOn mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Photographed by J. Carbutt, Chicago, / Under the Auspices of the Union Pacific Rail Road Command"
InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD, / Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866"; On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "220. - Gri'p of distin. guests of U.P.R.R. at 100h mer. (1)".
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DescriptionImage(s) of a crowd of people gathered in front of a train with a sign that reads "100th Meridian / 247 Miles from Omaha". A person near the back along the left edge waves an American flag.
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