Title:
Across the continent: the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion...
Creator/Contributor:
Baker, Horace (1833-1918), American, engraver (engraver)
Leslie, Frank (1821-1880), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[1878]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0504--C
Format:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
39.6 x 56.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Railroad with train rounding bend as Chinese workers look on; deep ravine with river and site of Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California
at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
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.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Chinese;
Railroads;
Vehicles
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Engravings, color;
Landscapes