Lithograph of "South End of S. Inez Mountains & S. Buenaventura Valley"

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."

Description (Brief)

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.

Date Made: 1857

Graphic Artist: A. Hoen & Co.Original Artist: Campbell, A. H.Publisher: U.S. War DepartmentAuthor: Parke, J. G.Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic CommandGraphic Artist: A. Hoen & Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Location Of Print Publication: United States: Maryland, Baltimore

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.16332.048Catalog Number: 16332.048Accession Number: 1930.110179

Object Name: printObject Type: Tinted Lithograph

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f363-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1320023

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