[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?

7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (toned; chipping to mount edges, cloth tape reinforcement to verso). Ink inscription on mount recto, partly illegible.

Ten men stand on the substantial porch of a large building. One stands near a tripod, likely holding a camera.

[With:] Outdoor portrait of 5 men and a dog with a Wells Fargo horse-drawn express wagon. [Ogden, UT]: N.p., [ca 1897]. 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (faded). Ink inscription to verso. Provenance: El Dorado County [CA] Historical Society (stamp to verso). Four men pose next to the horse and wagon labeled "Wells Fargo & Co's Express" in front of the Denver & Rio Grande R.R. Express office. A fifth man sits with a hound in the driver's seat. Another figure is partially visible in the background.

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[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?

[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?

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[TRANSPORTATION]. Wells Fargo Station Abilene, Kansas 188[?]. Abilene, KS: N.p., 188?