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Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada – Vintage Wall Art

Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada, [1859] — historic drawing
Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada, [1859]. Historic drawing from the California collection.

(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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A window into the past: Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada, preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A small graphite, ink, and crayon sketch dated 1859 shows a camp set high in the Sierra Nevada, with a covered wagon and cooking gear among the trees. By then the California gold rush had drawn overland travelers for about a decade, and many crossed mountain passes with wagons loaded for the long trip to the diggings. The discovery of the Comstock Lode in what is now Nevada, also in 1859, would soon send still more people over these routes. Images of everyday moments like cooking and rest, rather than mining itself, are less common than views of the gold fields.

Created / published[1859]
Medium1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 17.7 x 25.3 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1850-1860.
NotesPurchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.15)
SubjectsGold rushes--California--1850-1860. Cookery--1850-1860. Covered wagons--1850-1860. Camps--Nevada--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,521 × 3,684 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222764

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