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Title
Drawing by Vischer of a Pony Express mail stage "crossing the plains," ca.1860-1865
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1860/1865
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a Pony Express (Overland) mail stage crossing the plains, ca.1860-1865. A man on horseback races toward the fast stage drawn by four horses. A wagon train of four covered wagons, each drawn by teams of six horse, is visible in the background. A collapsed covered wagon, with two dead horses still hitched, lays in the foreground. A telegraph line passes overhead.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m13112
USC-1-1-1-12027
USC-1-1-1-13264 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4908...-9560
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13112
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4908.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches (Illustrations)
Coaching
Postal service
Telegraph
Horses
Wagons
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1860/1865
Place
California
USA
Source
1-155-; 1-189- [Microfiche number]
4908; 9560 [Accession number]
CHS-4908; CHS-9560 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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