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Title
[Advertisement for shipping freight by Central Pacific Railroad directed towards Chinese]
Creator
Britton & Rey, active 1851-1902, lithographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1870
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
Notes/Inscriptions:Supplied title. Handwritten (UC): Jan[uar]y 3, 1870, Received by mail from A. R.; LC): This advertisement tells Chinamen to ship freight by C.P.R.R. and how much per ton they charge, $2, how and when to ship it, A.R. Printed (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Inscriptions in Chinese and English.
Supplied title. Handwritten (UC): Jan[uar]y 3, 1870, Received by mail from A. R.; LC): This advertisement tells Chinamen to ship freight by C.P.R.R. and how much per ton they charge, $2, how and when to ship it, A.R. Printed (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Inscriptions in Chinese and English.
Includes image of man weighing crate on scale; horse and cart at left.
Type
image
Format
Advertisements
Ephemera
Broadsides
Extent
35.5 x 22.4 cm.
Print on paper: pen lithograph
Identifier
BANC PIC 1963.002:1829--A
ark:/13030/tf5779p3z8
honeyman_cubanc_37_1_00030013
Subject
Chinese
Railroads
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Ephemera
Broadsides

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