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Title
Westward the course of empire takes its way
Creator
W.J. Morgan & Co., lithographer
Date Created and/or Issued
18--
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:Printed title (UL). Printed (LR): W.J. Morgan & Co., lith., Cleve[land].
Printed title (UL). Printed (LR): W.J. Morgan & Co., lith., Cleve[land].
Large group of emigrants halt on mountain pass to observe valley below. Woman with children in center, man above her gestures towards prospect. Pioneers on horseback carrying rifles; families in covered wagons.
Type
image
Format
Lithographs, color
Extent
56.7 x 83 cm.
Print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color
Identifier
BANC PIC 1963.002:0743--E
ark:/13030/tf767nb7xm
honeyman_cubanc_37_1_00029693
Subject
Frontier & pioneer life
Clothing & dress
Women
Animals
Horses
Settlers
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Westward movement
Lithographs, color

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