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Opening of Oklahoma 1889 "The Run".

Opening of Oklahoma 1889 "The Run".

Description:

This postcard is mislabeled; it actually depicts the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Outlet from a photograph taken by William S. Prettyman who had set up his camera on a high wooden platform to capture the event. 

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