Crofutts trans-continental tourists guide ... over the Union Pacific railroad, Central Pacific
Container / Volume:
5th vol., and 4th annual revise
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
The joining of the First Transcontinental Railroad, likely based on the photograph taken by Andrew J. Russell of the ceremony of the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869.
Description:
Wood engraving signed: Baker
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Guidebooks
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
"There is urgent need for persons ... to assist in the circulation of this paper ... " (5 lines at head of title), :The author of 'Modern painters' [i.e. John Ruskin] earnestly requests all persons ... to assist ... in the circulation of the enclosed paper" laid in., Caption title., and Explanatory statement (p. [1-2]), statement introducing a letter to the editor of the Westmorland Journal (p. [2-3]), the letter itself (p. [3- 5]); signed: "Robert Somervell. Hazelwaite, Windermere, July 26th, 1875"), and text of petition to the House of Commons with ruled space for signatures (p.[6-7]).
Print depicts the town of Sherman, Wyoming, at the summit of the original grade of the Union Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 8,247 ft (2,514 m); shows the town's two hotels, Sherman House and Summit House, train engine and flat cars, other buildings, and the Laramie Mountains in the background
Description:
BEIN BrSides4o Zc47 869un: On sheet 13.0 x 28.5 cm. and Title from caption below image
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
Sherman (Albany County, Wyo. : Ghost town), Albany County (Wyo.), United States, and Overland Trails
Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include a view of the Tabernacle, and two images that show the residences of Brigham Young, known as the Beehive House and Lion House; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. An image depicts a portrait of a Mormon family in the Great Salt River Valley, Images of locations in the vicinity of Echo, Utah, include Hanging Rock at the mouth of Echo Canyon; Sentinel Rock in Echo Canyon, as well as Sphinx Rock near Echo, Images of locations in Weber River Valley, Utah, include a view of the valley from Wilhelmina Pass, and images of Devil's Gate and Tunnel No. 4., A portrait depicts a group of officials gathered at Fort Sanders, Laramie, Wyoming, in the summer of 1868, which includes Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and Sidney Dillon, the director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Images of locations in Wyoming include Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin and Skull Rock near Sherman Station as well as several sites in the Green River Valley consisting of Castle Rock, Citadel Rock, and Smith's Buttes, and Other images include a view of men and a horse on High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area of Wyoming; a view of a construction train in the Bear River Valley in Utah or Wyoming; and an image of Omaha, Nebraska, that shows a street leading to the Missouri River
Description:
Title from cover., Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume., and Some of these photographs appear in A. J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869.
Publisher:
A. Mudge & Son Print
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Sixteen albumen prints depicting a variety of locations and people in Southern California and Arizona. There are views of six missions, one of them identified as San Miguel, and three others probably the California missions San Buenaventura, San Luis Rey, and Santa Inés. Three views are of the Southern Pacific Railroad, including the Tehachapi Loop and the San Fernando tunnel; three more views are of buildings and a river landscape in Yuma, Arizona. Also depicted are Chinese women in San Francisco; a vineyard and winery in Pasadena; Indian huts at Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, California; and a Mexican family in Santa Barbara, California
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins, western photographer., Copy prints available., and Manuscript captions on verso of four photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Tehachapi Pass, Yuma (Ariz.), San Francisco, Pasadena (Calif.), and San Gabriel (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.), San Buenaventura Mission, San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.), Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.), and Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Railroads, Chinese Americans, and Viticulture
The collection consists of ten bound volumes of autograph manuscript correspondence to and from American meteorologist William C. Redfield largely concerning steam navigation and weather phenomena including cyclones, hurricanes, storms, and typhoons. Series I contains four volumes of letters received by Redfield from meteorologists, engineers, geologists, and other scientific colleagues in North America, Great Britain, Europe, and the Caribbean. The letters were arranged in two groups: Steam Boats and Railroads, 1822-1854 (volume 1) and Scientific, 1831-1857 (volumes 2-4), and occasionally include broadsides, newspaper clippings, and manuscript charts and diagrams tipped in with letters. Series II contains three volumes of letter books holding copies of Redfield's outgoing letters in chronological order. The volumes in Series I were likely compiled by Redfield's son John Howard Redfield; each volume in both series has an index of correspondents at the front and Series III contains three volumes of correspondence between Redfield and the British meteorologist Sir William Reid and his wife Sarah Bolland Reid, arranged chronologically. The Reids wrote from their government posts in Bermuda (1839-1846), Barbados (1846-1848), London (1848-1851), and Malta (1852-1857). The volumes were created in 1858 by John Howard Redfield, who provided an autograph manuscript essay in the first volume that serves as an introduction to the set. Redfield's replies to Reid were copied from the letterbooks in Series II.
Description:
William C. Redfield (1789-1857), American meteorologist and first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Redfield was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on March 26, 1789, and died in New York, New York, on February 12, 1857., In English., and Box 1 contains Series I, Steam Boats and Railroads Letters. Box 2 contains Series I, Scientific Letters, 1831-1841. Box 3 contains Series I, Scientific Letters, 1842-1847. Box 4 contains Series I, Scientific Letters, 1848-1857. Box 5 contains Series II. Box 6 contains Series III.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., United States., Barbados, Bermuda Islands, and Malta
Subject (Name):
Becher, A. B. 1796-1876. (Alexander Bridport),, Coffin, James H. 1806-1873. (James Henry),, Clinton, DeWitt, 1805-1833., Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895., Gibbes, Robert W. 1809-1866. (Robert Wilson),, Hall, James, 1811-1898., Henwood, William Jory, 1805-1875., Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864., Lefroy, J. H. Sir, 1817-1890. (John Henry),, Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889., Martin, F. P. B., Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858., Piddington, Henry, 1797-1858., Preston, Samuel, 1756-1834., Redfield, John Howard, 1815-1895., Redfield, W. C. 1789-1857. (William C.),, Reid, Sarah Bolland, -1858., Reid, William, 1791-1858., Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864., Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885., Smith, Vivus Wood, 1804-1881., Verneuil, Édouard de, 1805-1873., Webster, Matthew Henry, 1803-1846., Whitney, Asa, 1791-1874., and Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886.
Subject (Topic):
Cyclones, Hurricanes, Meteorologists, Ocean currents, Railroads, Steam-navigation, Tornadoes, Description and travel, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
