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The Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.

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Call Number	Z-1044
Title	The Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.
Creator(s)	Heliotype Printing Co.
Summary	A man leans against the sixty feet high Ames Monument built to honor Oliver and Oakes Ames in Sherman (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a granite pyramidal structure with a bas-relief sculpture that reads: "Born January 10, 1804. Died May 8, 1873." Inked on heliotype: "Reached via the Union Pacific System."
Date	[between 1882 and 1902?]
Notes	Condition: edges worn, torn.; Title printed on sheet.; Union Pacific Railroad insignia imprinted on front of poster with title. Shows a shield that reads: "Union Pacific. The Overland Route."; R7110010448
Physical Description	1 photomechanical print : collotype ; 42 x 50 cm. (15 x 20 in.) printed on sheet 56 x 70 cm. (21 x 28 in.).
Subject	Union Pacific Railroad Company. Ames Monument (Wyo.)--1880-1910. Sherman (Wyo.)--1880-1910. Monuments & memorials--Wyoming--Sherman--1880-1910. Ames, Oakes, 1804-1873--Monuments. Ames, Oliver, 1807-1877--Monuments.
Source	Source: Miss Mary J. Munroe.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Collotypes.; Travel posters.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	11001044.TIF