Title:
Across the Continent : "Westward the course of empire takes its way"
Creator/Contributor:
Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876, artist
Creator/Contributor:
Currier & Ives, publisher
Creator/Contributor:
Ives J.M., lithographer
Abstract:
Content/DescriptionRail line through small town of log buildings with train in center (Through Line New York - San Francisco).
Scene includes men at work in woods; women and children near a public school, church and other buildings; covered wagons being
pulled by oxen; a wagon train on trail in distance; and Indians on horses to right.
Date:
c1868
Subject:
Cities and towns
Lithographs -- Hand-colored
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Railroads -- United States -- Pictorial works
Note:
Palmer, Frances Flora Bond
Acquisition InformationHoneyman Collection.
Physical Description:
1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; 60.4 x 81.8 cm.
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): J.M. Ives, Del.; (LC) Entered according to act of Congress in the year AD 1868 by Currier
& Ives...; (LR): Drawn by F.F. Palmer; (LC below title): New York Pub. by Currier & Ives. 125 Nassau Street.
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1530--D
Filename:
brk00001482_20a.tif
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