View of a Union Pacific Railroad station and small town identified as Wasatch, Utah. Two men stand on a platform near a warehouse. A caboose sits on the tracks and is labeled with letters reading: "U.P.R.R., Utah, Caboose." A group of tents are pitched by a warehouse near the tracks, one is labeled with script letters: "W.H.J." A water tower and commercial buildings are in the distance.
Date
[1869]
Notes
Condition: print discolored, mat board soiled.; Formerly Jackson 21; Number: "21" penciled on mat board.; Printed on mat board: "Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F.V. Hayden in Charge" with decorative lettering.; Retouched lettering in negative and reproduced in print: "W.H.J." in script added to image of tent.; Title in "Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories."; R7003102495
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen ; 11 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Is Part Of
W. H. Jackson folio [Hayden Survey].
Subject
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroads--Utah--1860-1870.; Tents--Utah--1860-1870.; Warehouses--Utah--1860-1870.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
