Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Australian coast with a well-dressed man and woman in a buggy being pulled by four ostriches driven by two Aboriginal boys, in the foreground, and two buildings and a docked ship on the sea coast in the background; with a lower left inset image of kangaroos, a flightless bird, and dingoes running through the wilderness, and a lower right inset image of an elevated landscape view of the factory buildings of the Columbus Buggy Co. & Peters Dash Co. in Columbus, Ohio. Probable date based on promotion by the Columbus Buggy Co. in the Living Age, No. 1998 (October 7, 1882) for a "beautiful engraving in colors, representing an Australian scene, and their manner of travelling in that country with Ostriches as a motor." "Cincinnati Lith. Co. Cin. O."--text, bottom right of image. "View from Union Depot of portion of the works of Columbus Buggy Co. & Peters Dash Co. (One Firm.)"--text, caption for inset image, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 65.72 x 100.33 cm (25 7/8 x 39 1/2 in.)
Australia--Pictorial works Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Advertising--Carriages and carts Animals--Pictorial works Birds--Pictorial works Carriages and carts--Pictorial works Commercial streets--Pictorial works Indigenous peoples--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Ostriches--Pictorial works Transportation equipment industry Foreign Columbus Buggy Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Carriage and Wagon The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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