Scenes in Bismark, Dakota
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Amusing pursuits in the Dakota Territory.
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Description
This attractive woodblock engraving shows various scenes of amusement and commerce in Bismarck, the capital of the Dakota Territory, in the late 1870s. The composition includes a rough and ready crowd at the opera house, a thrilling ride along a wind-powered rail car, the sale of buffalo robes, ‘bottle groceries’ at a liquor store, and a Black Hills freight train.
Based on an illustration by W.A. Rogers and published in the December 14, 1877 edition of Harper’s Weekly.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1877
Author: W.A. Rogers
Sheet Width (in): 11.25
Sheet Height (in): 15.6
Condition: B+
Condition Description: Toned and chipped around the outer edges of the sheet. Archival tape on verso from where previously matted. Very good overall.
$75.00
1 in stock