Title:
Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861
Creator/Contributor:
Brown, Grafton T. (1841-1918), artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865), Swiss, lithographer (lithographer)
Britton & Co. (active ca. 1861), printer (printer)
Date:
1861
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1403--FR
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand color
54.2 x 70 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View of town situated in valley taken from Gould and Curry claim; predominantly one-story wooden buildings and houses line
streets; several mine buildings on ourskirts; mining tunnels in hills to left. Marginal images include views of banks, hotels,
stores and other businesses, private residences, and mining operations. Both main view and marginal images populated with
pedestrians, people riding horses and in carriages, workers, and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Crafton T. Brown; (LC): Britton & Co. Print.; (LC, below title): Published
by Crafton B. Brown; (LR): C.C. Kuchel Lith., 174 Clay St[reet], S[an] Francisco, Cal[ifornia].
Subjects:
Buildings;
Business enterprises;
City & town life;
Dwellings;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Hotels;
Laborers;
Mining;
Nevada;
Settlements;
West (U.S.)
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Lithographs, color