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Caravan of emigrants for California (Crossing the great American desert in Nebraska) – Antique Wall Art

Caravan of emigrants for California (Crossing the great American desert in Nebraska), [between 1850? and 1900?] — antique engraving
Caravan of emigrants for California (Crossing the great American desert in Nebraska), [between 1850? and 1900?]. Antique engraving 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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Caravan of emigrants for California (Crossing the great American desert in Nebraska) comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Caravan of emigrants for California (Crossing the great American desert in Nebraska)

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A wagon train winds across the plains of Nebraska in this hand-colored wood engraving, which its title places on the way to California. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Great Plains were often labeled the "Great American Desert" on maps and in guidebooks, a name that reflected how little settlers knew of the region's water and grass. Emigrants bound for California followed the Platte River valley through Nebraska, often for weeks before reaching the Rocky Mountains. The print's date is only given as a range from 1850 to 1900, so its exact origin is uncertain, but its subject reflects the westward movement that followed the 1849 gold rush.

Created / published[between 1850? and 1900?]
Medium1 print : wood engraving, hand-colored.
GenreWood engravings Hand-colored 1850-1900.
NotesTitle from item
SubjectsCovered wagons--Nebraska--1850-1900. Emigration & immigration--Nebraska--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,115 × 1,453 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216731

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