Title:
[Railroads between New York and San Francisco, California, with scenes on the way (boardgame?)]
Creator/Contributor:
Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872), American, lithographer (lithographer)
Thistleton, Colonel George (active ca. 1872), American, publisher (publisher)
Date:
c1872
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0873--B
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
57.2 x 48.2 cm., folded to 48.3 x 28.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Appears to be a boardgame, starting in New York, following railroads across the continent to San Francisco. Railroads represented
include: New York and Erie Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Great Western Railroad, Burlington Route, Union Pacific Railroad,
and Central Pacific Railroad. Numerous towns and train depots represented, including Kalamazoo, Albia, Toano, Battle Mountain,
Truckee, Oakland, and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Printed (LL, within image): Colonel Geo. Thistleton/Author & Publisher/No. 9 Post St[reet] San Francisco;
(LL): Entered...1872 by Geo. Thistleton...Washington DC; (LC): G.F. Keller, Lith., S[an] F[rancisco].
Subjects:
Overland journeys to the Pacific;
Railroads;
Settlements;
Vehicles;
West (U.S.);
Westward movement
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color