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A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama, 1875.
A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881). Initially the company's business lay in the transport of gold from the west to the east coast of the US after the Californian Gold Rush, but Wells Fargo also moved into banking and developed a stagecoach network which held a virtual monopoly of business in the West by 1866. . From Harper's New Monthly Magazine. (New York, 1875).
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AR921254
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AMERICA
American
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Box
Commerce
COMMUNICATIONS
company
country
Crate
DELIVERY
Fargo
HENRY
Henry Wells
Industry
LOCATION
MAIL
Male
Man
Men
Messenger
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
PARCEL
People
post
Print Collector1
SACK
transport
TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
WELLS
Wells Fargo & Co
William Fargo
William George
William George Fargo
Wood Engraving