What We Want in California./From New-York Direct/ Family and Fire-side

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Object Details

maker

Britton & Rey

Description (Brief)

Black and white print on blue paper of two views related to the California mine fields. The upper view depicts the arrival of a train greeted by a group of men and women including an Indian women with a papoose and a small child. The lower view depicts a parlor scene of a family gathered around a circular table.

Credit Line

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Date made

n.d.

date made

1869-1885

ID Number

DL.60.3804

catalog number

60.3804

Object Name

lithograph

Object Type

Prints

Lithograph

Measurements

image: 10 in x 7 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 18.415 cm

place made

United States: California, San Francisco

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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

Art

Peters Prints

Domestic Furnishings

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Miners

depicted

Family

Railroads

Subject

Children

Indians

Native Americans

depicted

Train

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-6110-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_745302