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The wreck of the Yankee Blade, as she apeared [sic] on the evening of October 1st, 1854

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Title: The wreck of the Yankee Blade, as she apeared [sic] on the evening of October 1st, 1854
Creator: Harrison, A. T. (active ca. 1854), artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1854
Publication Information: Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Sidewheel steamship floundering on rocks off shore; survivors on deck and shore.
Printed title (LC): The wreck of the Yankee Blade, as she apeared [sic] on the evening of October 1st, 1854. Printed (LC, below title): From a drawing made upon the spot by one of the passengers, A.T. Harrison; (LL): Britton & Rey, lith. Handwritten letter dated 1855 on recto and verso.
Type: image
Format: Print on tinted paper: lithograph 20.6 x 26.4 cm., image on sheet 41.2 x 26.4 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3f59p195
BANC PIC 1963.002:0184--B
Subject: Events
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