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Frontier Scene, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

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This image shows the small settlement of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming as it looked just after the start of the 20th century.
There is no description on the back of this card.
–The town is located on the border between Wyoming and Nebraska. Its growth was predicated on the presence of the railroad and the trailhead for cattle drives which ended here to allow transport of cattle to eastern markets. Even with this, the population today is just over 1100.
This image is noted on the card to date from the 1900s, though it was purchased and used on 14 July 1955.

16th Street Business District, Cheyenne, Wyoming

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This image features the Plains Hotel in the center, showing the Lincoln Highway as it passes through the city.

Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.


The description states:
Sixteenth Street is the main cross business street of Cheyenne as well as the route of the Lincoln Highway thru the city. Cheyenne with its miles of paved streets and its numerous large business and public buildings has all the appearances of a city of 50,000 although its population is less than half that.
–The Plains Hotel continues in business to the present, now registered as a National Historic Landmark. The Lincoln Highway has been relocated to bypass the city and is now known as Interstate 80. The street labelled 16th on this card is now Lincolnway.
The cars shown in this illustration indicate that this image dates from the 1940s.

Capitol Building Nighttime, Cheyenne, Wyoming

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This image of the Wyoming State Capitol building is shown from an angled point of view from the front of the building as it might look at night.

Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.


The description states:
The Capitol is one of the most beautiful buildings of the city, of classical design, and a great dome, 146 feet above the ground. It occupies a full block of ground covered with trees and shrubs.
—The building is currently closed for remodeling and will reopen in 2019.
This card was used and is dated 16 June 1955

Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming

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This image is an illustration of the grand approach to the main entrance of the Wyoming State Capitol, located in Cheyenne.

Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.


The description states:
Wyoming State Capitol Building. Wyoming was admitted to the Union in 1890 and was the first state to give the women the right to vote.
–The building was constructed over four years, and was started before Wyoming was admitted as a state.
This card was used and is dated 3 July 1948.

Congress Hall Canyon, Lake Delton, Wisconsin

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This image shows a wood plank walkway through a canyon-like rock formation near Lake Delton, Wisconsin, near the Wisconsin Dells.
There is no description on the back of this card.
The village of Lake Delton took its name from a reservoir formed near there by a dam built in 1927. It is likely this image dates from the 1930s.

Train Depot Building, Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska

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This image shows the inside of a historic train depot, known as the Lowell Depot, on the grounds of Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.

Pub. by Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska


The description states:
LOWELL DEPOT
While being restored, seven worn out floor were found in this old Lowell Depot that stood at the end of the B. & M. Railroad from 1870 to 1880. Harold Warp’s mother walked on one of these floors in 1878 when she arrived with her brother from Norway to homestead in Kearney County, Nebraska. This is one of the 30,000 items in 22 buildings on 2 1/2 city blocks. Located 130 miles west of Lincoln, Nebr., on U. S. 6 & 34.
–This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Trivet Collection, Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska

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This image shows a large collection of trivets, metal stands for hot pots, pans and irons. It is part of the collection at Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.

Pub. by Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska


The description states:
COLLECTION OF TRIVETS
One of dozens of unusual collections in the “Hobby House”. Some of the 30,000 items in 22 buildings on 2 1/2 city blocks showing man’s progress since 1830. Located 130 miles west of Lincoln, Nebr., on U. S. 6 & 34.
—Trivets were not only stands for pots, but also for cooking over fires, and for lifting food inside pots when roasting. Those shown here are mainly for table protection from hot pots used to serve food. The arrowhead shaped ones were for irons, which were commonly heated on top of a stove before use, and needed a safe place to rest when they were still hot. This kind of trivet has fallen almost completely out of use.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

Cleaning Device Display, Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska

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This image shows a collection of manual and electric devices for cleaning floors, as displayed in the Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.

Pub. by Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska


The description states:
VACUUM CLEANERS
A man named Noe made the first vacuum cleaner in 1905. These are just a few of the 30,000 items in 22 buildings on 2 /12 city blocks, showing man’s progress since 1830. Located 130 Miles West of Lincoln, Nebr, on U. S. 6 & 34.
—Pioneer Village has continued to expand and enhance its collections, which now number over 50,000 items in 28 buildings.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

American Bison, Oklahoma

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This is an image of a typical Plains bison, often called buffalo, taken and illustrated from an animal in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Baxtone, Box 175, Amarillo, Texas


The description states:
One of a herd of 600 Buffalo in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, photographed and painted by C. Faye Bennett.
BLC-44
–The bison roamed over much of North America until its migration routes began to be crossed by the railroad. Unrestricted slaughter of the bison nearly drove it to extinction, but the numbers have recovered after protections were put in place and refuges established.
This image likely dates from the 1940s.