Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Baker, Horace (1833-1918), American, engraver
Creator Name:
Leslie, Frank (1821-1880), publisher
Creator Role:
engraver
Creator Role:
publisher
Title:
Across the continent: the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion...
Date:
[1878]
Materials:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
Dimensions:
39.6 x 56.2 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0504--C
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Chinese
- Railroads
- Vehicles
- Engravings
- Engravings, color
- Landscapes
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Railroad with train rounding bend as Chinese workers look on; deep ravine with river and site of Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California at right.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC): Across the continent, the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion, the excursion train rounding Cape Horn at the head of the great American canyon, with a view of the South Fork of the American River, where gold was first discovered in 1848. Printed (UR): [page] 128, April 27, 1878; (UC): Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; (UR): April 27, 1878, [page] 129; (LL, within image): H. Baker, sc.; (LC, below title): From sketches by our special artists, see page 125.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf6000106 f

Across the continent: the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion...