Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River – Historic Reproduction
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River, a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River
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Titled "Camp 100" for a stopping place on the Humboldt River in Nevada, this 1859 drawing shows a campsite on one of the main overland routes to California. The Humboldt valley was a crucial stretch of the emigrant trail, where travelers who had crossed the desert relied on its water and grass, and the "100" in the title likely refers to a numbered point along the route. The sheet combines graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor, and its subjects include covered wagons, cooking, and women at camp, which together give a rare domestic view of trail life from the gold rush years.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Signed lower right: DAJ 1859. Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.14) Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 222. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes--California--1850-1860. Cookery--1850-1860. Covered wagons--1850-1860. Camps--Nevada--1850-1860. Women--Nevada--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,647 × 3,747 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222228 |
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