Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Railroads between New York and San Francisco, California, with scenes on the way (boardgame?)]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872), American, lithographer
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Creator Name:
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Thistleton, Colonel George (active ca. 1872), American, publisher
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Creator Role:
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lithographer
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Creator Role:
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publisher
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Title:
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[Railroads between New York and San Francisco, California, with scenes on the way (boardgame?)]
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Date:
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c1872
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Materials:
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print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
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Dimensions:
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57.2 x 48.2 cm., folded to 48.3 x 28.5 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0873--B
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Subject:
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- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Railroads
- Settlements
- Vehicles
- West (U.S.)
- Westward movement
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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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:
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Notes:
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Supplied title. Printed (LL, within image): Colonel Geo. Thistleton/Author & Publisher/No. 9 Post St[reet] San Francisco; (LL): Entered...1872 by Geo. Thistleton...Washington DC; (LC): G.F. Keller, Lith., S[an] F[rancisco].
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf409nb5ps
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