Across the Continent. : Passing the Humboldt River. [title in also in German] Pacific Bahn Nach Californien. : Den Humboldt Fluss Passirend.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by H. Schile & Co. 62 Division St. N.Y.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

  DATE: 1870.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 1/4 x 25 1/4" (43.9 x 64.1 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: An iconic image of western Americana, depicting the arrival of a Central Pacific Railroad train at an isolated village. Across the Humboldt River is an Indian tepee encampment. Snow-capped mountain peaks loom in the background. The first transcontinental railroad was completed just a year earlier in 1869.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition with faded original color save repaired marginal tears just into image.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Locomotives & Railroads