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SUSAN-024 Front
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- c. 1910 (Creation)
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- Near the end of his first wagon journey re-crossing the Oregon Trail, Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker drives his ox team through Manhattan before proceeding on to Washington D.C. to meet with President Teddy Roosevelt. Meeker traveled twice between 1906-1912 across the Old Oregon Trail, raising funds to preserve it and erect commemorative markers. He tried to generate as much public awareness and support for his cause as possible on these journeys, which probably explains his unnecessary and difficult passage through New York.
- Printed on front: Broad Street, near Wall, New York City, 1907.