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Mounds of the Near East
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East of Round Mound. Scale 2"=1 mile
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This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.
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East of Round Mound. Enlarged to 8"=1 mile
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This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.
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Indian Mound, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, sanitary garden for convalescents
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Image of a octagonal wooden building on top of a large mound. On either side of the building are arbors with benches. There are stairs leading up to the wooden building. There are people sitting in the arbors, a man, woman and child sitting at the entrance to the building, and two Union officers standing on the stairs. On the roof of the building a man stands and waves to the camera while holding onto the flagpole. At the foot of the stairs is a sign that reads: Visitors are requested to register their names at the Office.
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Africa, Near East
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Includes train(s): The Blue Train; The Drakensberg Express. Includes photographs and route guides for the Blue Train (Pretoria and Johannesburg to Cape Town, 1974); several other South African Railways brochures; Namibia, Egypt and others. Note: No people of color are shown in most of the photos of these materials until a 1989 brochure on the Blue Train.
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