Hewing out railroad ties

Hewing out railroad ties

Indiana
Girls -- Indiana
Men -- Indiana

Indiana Girls -- Indiana Men -- Indiana A white man stands over a wooden beam aiming an axe while a white girl stands next to him looking on. Dead underbrush surround the pair and trees grow in the background. Caption reads: "Not far from where this little girl is watching the man hewing out railroad ties the Indians were defeated in the famous battle of Tippecanoe."

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Image from opposite page 304 of Highways and Byways of the Great Lakes by Clifton Johnson, 1911

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From the Clifton Johnson Collection

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