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Title
Postcard, The Landing of Columbus
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1908-1913
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description
Title taken from image. Illustrated variation of a painting by John Vanderlyn, located in the Rotunda of the US Capitol building. In the original painting, Christopher Columbus and members of his crew are shown on a beach in the West Indies. Uncirculated, colorized, with divided back.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
bbf00424.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/531
Language
English
Subject
Postcards--1900-1920
Postcards--United States
Doctrine of Discovery
Government facilities
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Source
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 6, Folder 36
Relation
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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