Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1984.641.0070Description
Cheyenne Frontier Days, UP float in Parade, 1942.
Update 2008: Black and white print. Snapshot. Image of the Union Pacific Railroad float with two women in arthurian style flowering gowns and crowns. Sign on side of float: "God Bless America, From the Mountains to the Prairies-To The Oceans White With Foam". Large shield logo at back of float with "Union Pacific" "the overland Route" printed on it. Mountain with train emerging from tunnel on near side of back. Women are standing on either side just forward of logo. American flag and eagle crested flag pole on far side of front. Two-story house with attic dormer trees and spectators in the background.
Written on back in blue ink: "Frontier Parade, 1942".
Mat finish.
Paper curled. Back soiled and paper yellowed. Paper slightly wrinkled. Corner damage.Collection
Photograph Collection