Title:
Explosion of the American Eagle/Explosion of the Steamer Stockton [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0034--A
Format:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
27 x 19 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Upper image: explosion and fire of sidewheel steamship as seen at night; lower image: explosion and fire of paddleboat steamer.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (upper image): Explosion of the American Eagle/on the San Joaquin River, 25 Miles below Stockton Oct[ober] 8/1853;
(lower image): Explosion of the Steamer Stockton/on Suisson Bay, Oct[ober] 18, 1853. Printed (LC): Lith. & pub. by Britton
and Rey, cor[ner] Montg[omery] & Commercial, S[an] Francisco.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Fires;
Vessels
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Marines (Visual works);
Pictorial lettersheets