"Panorama of Omaha. From the Residence of Augustus Kountze, Esq.", Leitch, J. & Co.

This panoramic lithograph of Omaha, Nebraska is from Edwin Curley's promotional book Nebraska It's Advantages, Resources, and Drawbacks. It overlooks the city from the south with the Missouri River in the distance. The Union Pacific's truss bridge can be seen crossing the Missouri River at right. The bridge, completed in 1873, connected the east and west portions of the Trans-Continental Railroad. With its completion, Omaha became a transportation hub and its population soared over the next 10 years. This is possibly the first lithograph to show this important engineering feat. At left center is the Union Pacific Station, surrounded by residential homes.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with an archivally repaired 2.75" tear adjacent to the left fold. There is some scattered foxing mostly in the blank margins and a repaired chip in the top blank margin.