Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Illustration for poem] Bust!
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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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Cary, W. M., engraver
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Creator Role:
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engraver
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Title:
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[Illustration for poem] Bust!
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Date:
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[not before 1858]
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Materials:
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print on paper: engraving
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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 1963.002:0807--B
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Subject:
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- Animals
- Arms & armaments
- Bison
- Cattle
- Gold rushes
- Vehicles
- West
(U.S.)
- Engravings
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Illustration for poem by Richard Henry Stoddard. Scene following Indian attack. Covered wagon with "Pikes Peak or Bust" written on canvas stands idle; one oxen lays dead, other has arrows protruding from torso; legs of dead man (Jim Smith) extend from brush near wagon wheels; and various weapons lay abandoned on ground. Buffalo stands nearby as buzzards circle overhead.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC): Bust! W. M. Cary. Printed (LL, within image): W.M. Cary; (on wagon chassis, within image): Jim Smith.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf5x0nb777
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