Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Overland mail from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast]
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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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[Unknown]
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Title:
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[Overland mail from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast]
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Date:
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1858
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Materials:
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print on paper: engraving, hand colored
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Dimensions:
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18.9 x 27.1 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 1963.002:0474--A
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Subject:
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- Animals
- Horses
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Vehicles
- West
(U.S.)
- Westward movement
- Engravings, color
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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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:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC): The overland mail, the start from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast, first coach driven by John Butterfield, Jr.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf3v19p2qg
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