Western Slope of Main Ridge of Cascade Mountains from Near Camp M
date: label: Date made
content: 1857
name: label: printer
content: Tucker, Beverley
label: original artist
content: Young, John J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tinted lithograph of “Western Slope of Main Ridge of Cascade Mountains from Near Camp M" was produced after an original sketch by John J. Young (1830-1879). It was printed as Plate I in Volume VI, Part II following page 41, in the "Report Upon the Geology of the Route" by J. S. Newberry (1822-1892) in "Report of Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot (1831-1927), Corps of Topographical Engineers, Upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River made by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson (1825-1882), Corps of Topographical Engineers assisted by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers," 1855.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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 1855 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
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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.10729.07
label: catalog number
content: 10729.07
label: accession number
content: 62261
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Type
content: Tinted Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Planographic; Chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall materials)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 29.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 11 5/8 in