"Great Auction Sale of Union Pacific railroad Omaha Nebraska. November 1, 1897: Greatest Foreclosure Sale on Record- Total Amount $108,202,367.76. Government Mortgage was Sold for $57,564,932.76. Sale by Special Master Judge W.D. Cornish, of St. Paul, Minn." (Caption from bottom of negative). A large crowd of people outside the Union Pacific Freight Depot. Several horse drawn carts and wagons behind the crowd. People in the windows of the building.
