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- A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852 - Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- January 01, 1852
- Collections - Artifact
A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852
Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959
- Instructions from a Covered Wagon Lamp Kit, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Instructions from a Covered Wagon Lamp Kit, 1959
- "Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars: In Our Line We Lead the World," 1928 - The New Jersey-based Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars was one of the leading diner manufacturers for decades, building hundreds of diners in numerous styles and giving many diner builders their start. This 1928 catalog features its new steel dining car, the "Monarch," along with its other models and advice to would-be operators.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
"Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars: In Our Line We Lead the World," 1928
The New Jersey-based Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars was one of the leading diner manufacturers for decades, building hundreds of diners in numerous styles and giving many diner builders their start. This 1928 catalog features its new steel dining car, the "Monarch," along with its other models and advice to would-be operators.
- View on Snake River of Artimesia Plains, 1850-1855 -
- 1850-1855
- Collections - Artifact
View on Snake River of Artimesia Plains, 1850-1855
- Freight Wagons Crossing the Great Plains near Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, 1885 - In the 1880s, towns in the western United States that were isolated from river and rail transportation networks relied on freight haulers to supply needed goods. Heavy, product-laden freight wagons were hitched to teams of mules or oxen and pulled to their destination. Skilled drivers--known as teamsters, muleskinners or bullwhackers--navigated these teams safely over mountains and across lonely, open expanses to deliver their cargo.
- 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Freight Wagons Crossing the Great Plains near Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, 1885
In the 1880s, towns in the western United States that were isolated from river and rail transportation networks relied on freight haulers to supply needed goods. Heavy, product-laden freight wagons were hitched to teams of mules or oxen and pulled to their destination. Skilled drivers--known as teamsters, muleskinners or bullwhackers--navigated these teams safely over mountains and across lonely, open expanses to deliver their cargo.
- Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959
- Sketch Showing a Covered Wagon during Westward Migration. circa 1830 -
- circa 1830
- Collections - Artifact
Sketch Showing a Covered Wagon during Westward Migration. circa 1830