Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1948.042.0027Description
Photo of Rawlins looking East in 1877. Shows the Paint Mine that Judge Friend sold to Sidney Dillon, President of the U.P.R.R. in 1874.
Update - 2009: Black & white print. Snapshot. Image of a group of buildings on a sagebrush prairie. Hills in background. Railway running through town.
Written on emulsion surface in pencil: [pointing to building with tall smoke stack at center] "Paint Mill".
Written on tap margin front in black ink: "Rawlins in 1877".
Written on back in pencil: "Page 20 - pix 1 (1 15/16 x 7 1/4)"
Written on back:[black ink]"Copied &"[blue ink] "mounted".
Typed on back: "Rawlins in 1877".
Written on back in pencil: "Judge Friend sold one carload of paint to Sidney Dillon President of UP. R. R. Co which was shipped East & was the first used on the Brooklyn Bridge"
Written on back in blue ink: "A view of Rawlins in 1877, looking from the west to east. In the foreground is the old paint mill. In 1874, Judge Friend sold on carload of paint from this mill to Sidney Dillon, President of U.P.R.R. This was shipped east and was the first paint used on the Brooklyn bridge." #42
Adhesive residue & green paper residue on back corners; tape residue on upper corners. Soiled. Slight corner damage. Pencil & pen marks on emulsion,
One 5 x 7 1/8 black & white copy print. Written on back i pencil: "assorted scenes of Rawlins - outdoors" {about 1873" "Page 13, Picture 1 "[on white adhesive label] out scenes of Rawlins".
Written on back in black ink: Duplicate".
Stamped on back in black ink: "Neg. No. 5923" "Copy provided by the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department.
Slightly soiled on back. Emulsion irregular; wavy lines in emulsion. Upper & lower right corners bent - emulsion cracked. Paper clip mark in upper left.
One 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 black & white copy print.
Written on back in black ink: "Paint Mill".Collection
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