Pioneer ferry on Platte River – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Pioneer ferry on Platte River, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pioneer ferry on Platte River
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A ferry crossing the Platte River is the particular subject here, a detail that sets this woodcut apart from the many scenes of wagon travel that filled the period's illustrated press. The Platte ran through the central plains along what became the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, so emigrants often had to cross its wide, shifting channels with river craft, sometimes for a fee set by the operator. The record dates the print only to the 1840s, but such images usually circulated in newspapers and guidebooks to show westward movement as an orderly, if demanding, passage. Woodcuts like this one are worth noticing for the way they turn a rough river crossing into a clear, carefully composed scene.
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 184-? |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-120899 |
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