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Graphic artist:
A. Hoen & Co.  Search this
A. Hoen & Co.  Search this
Original artist:
Campbell, A. H.  Search this
Publisher:
U.S. War Department  Search this
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command  Search this
Author:
Parke, J. G.  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 18.5 cm x 24.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 9 5/8 in
Object Name:
print
Object Type:
Tinted Lithograph
Location of print publication:
United States: Maryland, Baltimore
Date made:
1857
Description (Brief):
This tinted lithograph of “South End of S. Inez Mountains & S. Buenaventura Valley" was produced after an original sketch by engineer and surveyor A. H. Campbell (1826-1899). It was printed as Plate II in Volume VII, Part I, following page 6, in the "General Report," part of the "Report of Explorations for Railroad Routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, California, West of the Coast Range, and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande, Near the 32nd Parallel of North Latitude," by Lieutenant John G. Parke, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Assisted by Albert H. Campbell, Civil Engineer, 1854-1855."
The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
GA.16332.048
Catalog number:
16332.048
Accession number:
1930.110179
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f363-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1320023