1857/00/00 Wyandott, Kansas Ferry Landing
Title
1857/00/00 Wyandott, Kansas Ferry Landing
Date
1857
Subject
Wyandott, Kansas views
Description
A hand-colored engraving of the riverfront from the northeast, with caption KANSAS below, depicting the ferry crossing between Missouri and Kansas at the Wyandott ferry landing, later to become part of Kansas City, Kansas. It shows a single line of buildings along the riverfront with people carrying on everyday activities such as crossing on a flat boat and working with livestock and horses. A paddle boat is in the middle ground.
At the bottom are, right, Eigenthum d. Verleger and, left, Aus d. Kunstanst d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh.
At the bottom are, right, Eigenthum d. Verleger and, left, Aus d. Kunstanst d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh.
Publisher
Meyer's Universum, oder, Abbildung und Beschreibung des sehenswerthesten und merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde, Volume 18
Authors: Joseph Meyer, Friedrich Hofmann, Hermann Julius Meyer,
Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig
Publisher: Druck und Verlag vom Bibliographischen Institut, 1857
Authors: Joseph Meyer, Friedrich Hofmann, Hermann Julius Meyer,
Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig
Publisher: Druck und Verlag vom Bibliographischen Institut, 1857
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