Print, Photographic

1955.282.0019

1955.282.0019

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1955.282.0019

Description

Rawlins taken between 1904-1907. Update - 2009: Black & white print. Snapshot. Image from elevation of a town laid out on the prairie. Railway yard at right. Mountains in background. Rocky slope in foreground. Clouds in sky. Embossed in lower right corner: "M.F. Jukes, Photo". Written directly on emulsion on top: "Rawlins Wyoming before there were trees[.] Given by Miss. Christel Thode." [with an arrow pointing to a building right of center] "first drugstore located here". Written on back in pencil: "Photograph between 1904 & 1909". Adhesive & tan paper residue around edges on back; surface missing in upper left. Edge & corner damage - lower right corner bent & emulsion cracked. Vertical streaks of soiling at center - both front & back. Adhesive impacting emulsion around edges.

Collection

Photograph Collection