Valley of Kah-Wee-Ya River (Four Creeks)
date: label: date made
content: 1856
name: label: original artist
content: Koppel, Charles
label: graphic artist
content: A. Hoen & Co.
label: publisher
content: Tucker, Beverley
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tinted lithograph of “Valley of Kah-Wee-Ya River (Four Creeks)” was prepared by A. Hoen & Company (active 1843-1945), Baltimore, after an original sketch by expedition geologist and artist Charles Koppel (fl. 1853-1865). It was printed as Plate IV following page 12 in the "Report of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson (1825-1882), Corps of Topographical Engineers, Upon the Routes in California to Connect with the Routes Near the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-second Parallels" by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson ... in 1853." as part of Volume V, Part I 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," printed in 1856 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Transcontinental Railroad
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.10729.30
label: accession number
content: 62261
label: catalog number
content: 10729.30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Type
content: Tinted Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall materials)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.5 cm x 23.2 cm; 11 5/8 in x 9 1/8 in