Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872), American, lithographer
Creator Name:
Thistleton, Colonel George (active ca. 1872), American, publisher
Creator Role:
lithographer
Creator Role:
publisher
Title:
[Railroads between New York and San Francisco, California, with scenes on the way (boardgame?)]
Date:
c1872
Materials:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
Dimensions:
57.2 x 48.2 cm., folded to 48.3 x 28.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0873--B
Subject:
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Railroads
- Settlements
- Vehicles
- West (U.S.)
- Westward movement
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Appears to be a boardgame, starting in New York, following railroads across the continent to San Francisco. Railroads represented include: New York and Erie Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Great Western Railroad, Burlington Route, Union Pacific Railroad, and Central Pacific Railroad. Numerous towns and train depots represented, including Kalamazoo, Albia, Toano, Battle Mountain, Truckee, Oakland, and others.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Printed (LL, within image): Colonel Geo. Thistleton/Author & Publisher/No. 9 Post St[reet] San Francisco; (LL): Entered...1872 by Geo. Thistleton...Washing ton DC; (LC): G.F. Keller, Lith., S[an] F[rancisco].
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf409nb5p s

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