Prairie Dog in Hole at Prairie Dog Town in Abilene, Kansas

Series TitleAcross the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

Artist Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Date1869

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 2 15/16 × 3 1/16 inches (7.46 × 7.78 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3716

SignedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "FROM / Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery, / 511 SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON. / Class D."

InscribedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "No. 118 / Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. / PRAIRIE DOG IN HOLE AT PRAIRIE DOG TOWN ABILENE, KANSAS. / 447 Miles west of St. Louis Mo."

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DescriptionImage of a hole in the ground made by a prairie dog.

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