Second Street, Casper, Wyoming

Second Street, Casper, Wyoming

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ca. 1912

Casper (Inhabited place)

Photograph of Second Street in Casper, Wyoming showing the Townsend Company building and others. The photo was made for the Casper Townsite Company by Wiswall, Denver. The image is undated but was likely taken around 1912. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions.

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Frances Seely Webb

Frances Seely Webb Collection, NCA 01.v.1985.02 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections

NCA 01.v.1985.02_Second Street

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Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)

Denver Wiswall

Photographic print