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Over 40,000 Buffalo hydes [hides] were stacked in this long pile. Hyde [Hide] Yard Dodge City, Kans.

Date: 1874

Level of Description: Item

Material Type: Photograph

Call Number: ATSF Photo Coll., Series 1 #1-64
ATSF Photo Microfiche #836 C1

Unit ID: 60064

Summary: Over 40,00 hides were stacked in a long pile, mute evidence of the tremendous slaughter inflicted on the buffalo. Shows several buffalo skinners around the stack in Hyde [Hide] Yard Dodge City, Kansas,1874

Space Required/Quantity: 11.5 X 17.5 : black & white print

Title (Main title): Over 40,000 Buffalo hydes [hides] were stacked in this long pile. Hyde [Hide] Yard Dodge City, Kans.

Part of: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company records. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Corporate Photo Collection. Series 1: Subject files. Towns, construction, bridges.

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Subjects

    Dodge City (Kan.)
    Buffaloes
    Hides & skins
    Hunting
    Railroads -- Kansas -- Dodge City
    Slaughtering

Creators and Contributors

    Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company