Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
[Unknown]
Title:
[Overland mail from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast]
Date:
1858
Materials:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
Dimensions:
18.9 x 27.1 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0474--A
Subject:
- Animals
- Horses
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Vehicles
- West
(U.S.)
- Westward movement
- Engravings, color
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Coach drawn by two pairs of horses passes through town as groups of people watch. Sign on coach reads: Overland Mail Company.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC): The overland mail, the start from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast, first coach driven by John Butterfield, Jr.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf3v19p2q g

[Overland mail from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast]