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On the Oregon trail, yoking up for the start-camp on the Loup

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Call Number	Z-1955
Title	On the Oregon trail, yoking up for the start-camp on the Loup
Summary	View of Ezra Meeker, an oxen team, and a covered wagon beside the Loup River in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. The elderly man wears suspenders, a striped knit shirt, trousers, boots, and a wide brimmed hat, and he holds a wooden yoke. Oxen are beside a wagon with a canvas cover. Letters and names are carved into the wooden wagon base and signs on the wagon read: "...You may guess..." and "Ezra Meeker." Trees are nearby.
Date	[between 1910 and 1912?]
Notes	Condition: scratched and stained.; Title inked on card mount.; R7110019557
Physical Description	1 photographic print on card mount ; 30 x 35 cm. (12 x 14 in.)
Subject	Loup River (Neb.)--1910-1920. Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920. Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920. Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920. Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920. Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920. Rivers--Nebraska--1910-1920. Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928.
Source	Source: J. G. Masters.
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	Card photographs.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	11001955.TIF