ACROSS THE CONTINENT. : PASSING THE HUMBOLDT RIVER. [TITLE IN ALSO IN GERMAN] PACIFIC BAHN NACH CALIFORNIEN. : DEN HUMBOLDT FLUSS PASSIREND.
Across the Continent. : Passing the Humboldt River. [title in also in German] Pacific Bahn Nach Californien. : Den Humboldt Fluss Passirend.
Lithograph handcolored, 1870.
Image size 17 1/4 x 25 1/4" (43.9 x 64.1 cm).
Good condition with faded original color save repaired marginal tears just into image. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 25359
Price: $7,500.00 Publisher : Published by H. Schile & Co. 62 Division St. N.Y. 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. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Locomotives & Railroads