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Prettyman, William S., fl. 1889-1894 Oklahoma City

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05475.04 Author/Creator: Prettyman, William S., fl. 1889-1894 Place Written: Oklahoma City, Ok. Type: Photograph Date: 1889 August Pagination: 1 photograph : sepia ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

Title from verso. Image of a fairly large town consisting of frame buildings shown at a distance. Railroad passes in front of town. Boxcars from the AT & SF RR line the tracks. A frame house and several horses grazing are in foreground of the image in front of the railroad tracks. Penciled notation on verso: "Oklahoma-City, Aug. 1889."

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