North Platte – Historic Print
(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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This drawing shows a covered wagon at a river ford on the North Platte, in what is now Wyoming. Dated 1859, it comes from the years when emigrants heading to California's gold fields and to Oregon regularly crossed rivers like this one on the overland trails. The artist signed the sketch "DAJ" on the wagon itself, a small detail that points to a personal record made on the road. Graphite and ink drawings like this one help historians see the everyday work of the crossing, including the animals, the wagon, and the water.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.2 x 25.5 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Signed on wagon: DAJ. Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.10) Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 222. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes--California--1850-1860. Covered wagons--1850-1860. Fords (Stream crossings)--Wyoming--1850-1860.United States--Wyoming--North Platte River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,627 × 2,571 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222230 |
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