American Historical Ephemera and Photography

39 x 49 in. wooden frame inscribed at bottom, "Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway," containing a display mounted on board, comprised of one oval, hand-colored photograph at center, approx. 19 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., showing a young woman reaching out to pet a deer, with the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway logo at bottom and the following caption, "Katy at San Antonio." The central photograph is surrounded by six photographs, approx. 7 x 9 in., documenting street scenes, landmarks, and landscapes in San Antonio, TX. The following titles (written in the negative) are included: Scene in San Pedro Park, San Antonio, Tex. -- San Antonio River and Bexar County Courthouse. -- San Antonio River and Mission #2. -- Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex. A street view showing several buildings, one with a large advertisement for the M,K, & T Railway on the side. -- City Hall, San Antonio, Tex. -- Commerce Street, San Antonio, Tex. (toning and some fading to prints; board with some chipping and edge/corner loss; unexamined outside frame; some scuffing and areas of surface loss to frame).

An impressive display promoting the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway.

Established in 1865 under the name Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Branch, the MKT came to serve an extensive rail network in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. In 1988, it merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and today, it is part of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The MKT was commonly referred to as "the K-T" during the 1890s, because for a time it was the Kansas–Texas division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and "KT" was its abbreviation in timetables as well as he stock exchange symbol. This soon evolved into the nickname "the Katy." The Katy was the first railroad to enter Texas from the north.