Townsend Block, Casper, Wyoming
Item Metadata
Title
Townsend Block, Casper, Wyoming
Access Rights
The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source.
Date Created
ca. 1912-1914
Subject
Casper (Inhabited place)
Description
Photograph of the Townsend Block showing the Stockman's National Bank in Casper, Wyoming. The photo was made for the Casper Townsite Company by Wiswall, Denver. The image is undated but was likely taken between 1912 and 1914. 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.
Type
Image
Creator
Frances Seely Webb
Is Part Of
Frances Seely Webb Collection, NCA 01.v.1985.02 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
NCA 01.v.1985.02_Townsend Block
Format
JPG
Publisher
Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)
Contributor
Denver Wiswall
Original Format
Photographic print
Collection
Citation
Frances Seely Webb, “Townsend Block, Casper, Wyoming,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/152.