Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey

Illustrations

= vii = Figures 1 Portrait of Alexander Gardner in his Washington, D.C., Studio 1 2 Title page of William A. Bell’s New Tracks in North America (1869), with a lithographic reproduction of Alexander Gardner’s photograph, “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” 7 3 Chromolithograph, Bull Train Crossing the Smoky Hill River 11 4 Gardner’s Traveling Photographic Laboratory 12 5 Group at Fort Harker 20 Maps Frontispiece Keeler 1867 Map of Kansas ii 1 St. Louis, Missouri (1873) 22 2 Kansas City, Missouri (1869) 31 3 Wyandotte, Kansas (1869) 39 4 Leavenworth, Kansas (1869) 49 5 Lawrence, Kansas (1869) 60 6 Topeka, Kansas (1869) 83 Photographs 1A Levee, St. Louis, Missouri (1867) 24 1B Levee, St. Louis, Missouri (1994) 25 2A Office of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, St. Louis, Missouri (1867) 26 2B Office of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, St. Louis, Missouri (1994) 27 3A Depot, St. Louis, Missouri (1868) 28 3B Depot, St. Louis, Missouri (1994) 29 4A Kansas City, Missouri (1867) 32 4B Kansas City, Missouri (1994) 33 5A Great Bend of the Missouri River (1867) 34 5B Great Bend of the Missouri River (1993) 35 6A State Line Hotel, Kansas (1867) 36 6B State Line Hotel, Kansas (1993) 37 7A Railroad Bridge across the Kaw at Wyandotte, Kansas (1867) 40 7B Railroad Bridge across the Kaw at Wyandotte, Kansas (1993) 41 8A Wyandotte, Kansas (1867) 42 8B Wyandotte, Kansas (1993) 43 ILLUSTRATIONS ILLUSTR ATIONS = viii 9A Confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers at Wyandotte, Kansas (1867) 44 9B Confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers at Wyandotte, Kansas (1993) 45 10A Turnpike Bridge across the Kaw River near Wyandotte, Kansas (1867) 46 10B Turnpike Bridge across the Kaw River near Wyandotte, Kansas (1993) 47 11A Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1867) 50 11B Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1994) 51 12A Leavenworth, Kansas (1867) 52 12B Leavenworth, Kansas (1994) 53 13A View in Salt Creek Valley, Kansas (1867) 54 13B View in Salt Creek Valley, Kansas (1995) 55 14A Moore’s Summit, Kansas (1867) 56 14B Moore’s Summit, Kansas (1994) 57 15A Indian Farm on the Delaware Reservation, Kansas (1867) 58 15B Indian Farm on the Delaware Reservation, Kansas (1993) 59 16A Depot, Lawrence, Kansas (1867) 62 16B Depot, Lawrence, Kansas (1995) 63 17A Turnpike Bridge at Lawrence, Kansas (1867) 64 17B Turnpike Bridge at Lawrence, Kansas (2013) 65 18A Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Bridge across the Kaw River at Lawrence (1868) 66 18B Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Bridge across the Kaw River at Lawrence (1993) 67 19A Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas (1867) 68 19B Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas (1993) 69 20A Eldridge House, Lawrence, Kansas (1867) 70 20B Eldridge House, Lawrence, Kansas (1993) 71 21A Lawrence, Kansas, from Mount Ariad (1867) 72 21B Lawrence, Kansas, from Mount Oread (1993) 73 22A Overlooking Lawrence and the Kansas River (1867) 74 22B Overlooking Lawrence and the Kansas River (1993) 75 23A Lawrence, Kansas, from Fort (1867) 76 23B Lawrence, Kansas, from Fort (1994) 77 24A Wakerusa Valley, South of Lawrence, Kansas (1867) 78 24B Wakarusa Valley, South of Lawrence, Kansas (1994) 79 25A Railroad Bridge across Grasshopper Creek, Kansas (1867) 80 25B Railroad Bridge across Grasshopper Creek, Kansas (1994) 81 26A Depot, Topeka, Kansas (1867) 84 26B Depot, Topeka, Kansas (1993) 85 27A Pontoon Bridge at Topeka, Kansas (1867) 86 27B Pontoon Bridge at Topeka, Kansas (1993) 87 28A Topeka, the Capital of Kansas (1867) 88 28B Topeka, the Capital of Kansas (1994) 89 29A Topeka, Kansas (1867) 90 29B Topeka, Kansas (1994) 91 30A State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas (1867) 92 30B State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas (1994) 93 31A St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1867) 94 31B St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1993) 95 32A St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1867) 96 32B St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1993) 97 33A St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1867) 98 33B St. Mary’s Mission, Kansas (1993) 99 34A Lincoln Avenue, Wamego, Kansas (1867) 100 34B Lincoln Avenue, Wamego, Kansas (1993) 101 35A View on the Big Blue River, Kansas (1867) 102 35B View on the Big Blue River, Kansas (1994) 103 36A Manhattan, Kansas (1867) 104 36B Manhattan, Kansas (1994) 105 37A Bluemont College, Manhattan, Kansas (1867) 106 ILLUSTR ATIONS = ix 37B Bluemont College, Manhattan, Kansas (1994) 107 38A Fort Riley, Kansas (1867) 108 38B Fort Riley, Kansas (1995) 109 39A View on the Kansas River at Fort Riley, Kansas (1867...