View of artifacts found at Fort Caspar in Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. Shows harness and farrier's tools including a fish plate (from a freighter wagon), a hame and short tug, an axe, a coupling iron, a spoon, a glue pot, a yoke iron, part of a musket, a bolster iron, a telegraph insulator, a wagon hub, and horse, mule and oxen shoes.
Description
1 photographic print ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Is Part Of
WPA Photos
Subject
Fort Caspar (Wyo.); Archaeology--Colorado--Fort Caspar; Equipment--Colorado--Fort Caspar
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image file: ZZR711007131
Notes
l numbers inked on photographic print for identification.; Title written into WPA stamp; also reads: "Credit line Works Progress Administration" and "Project No. 65-83-211."; Typed paper taped to verso reads: "1. Fish plate - from freighter wagon, 2. Hame and short tug from old harness, 3. old horse shoe, 4. old axe, 5. coupling iron, 6. old spoon, 7. horse shoe and oxen shoe, 8. old glue pot, 9. yoke iron, 10. mule shoe, 11. part of musket, 12. axe, 13. bolster iron, 14. insulator from first telegraph line, 15. hub and from old wagon." Penciled: "Relics unearthed during the building of old Fort Casper [sic]."; "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7110071313
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