Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1962.422.0244Description
Three men and a child after a days hunt at Saratoga.
Update - March 2010: Black & white used post card print. Image shows an open vintage car parked on a dirt road with various buildings in the background. A young man is in the drivers seat & a young toddler is standing on the far side & up from the driver. There are long poles attached to the top edge of the car & large rolled canvas bag secured with ropes in the back seat. Two men holding shotguns in an upright position are squatting on the ground. One is at side left front of running board & one at side right by rear tire. There are six dead large fowl hanging from the poles resting on the running board. Printed in black at top left from negative: 3,187. A DAY'S HUNT, SARATOGA, WYO.
Written on back in blue ink: Addressed to Mr. George S. Gideon Baggs, Wyo.
Message on side left refers to wild goose hunt on Platte River & a mention of a Wolf Hotel.
Printed at top left of Post Card Hotel Wolf, Geo. W. Sisson, Proprietor American & European Plan Fisherman's Headquarters, Saratoga, Wyo. This space for message.
Card is signed by M. E. Gideon
Card is postmarked Saratoga, Wyo May 31, 1916, 4 pm
Condition: Fair. Heavily soiled with grime on top & back surfaces. Edges & corners are worn & has abrasions in several locations with underly showing. The postmark has impacted the top surface at side left. Stamp has been removed resulting in torn surface.Collection
Photograph Collection