Placerville, CA, Horace Greely on stagecoach, 1859
Copyright: 95.1P.840 Placerville, CA w_Horace Greely, 1859
Name/Title
Placerville, CA, Main Street with Horace Greely in Stage Coach, Photo, 1859
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.840
Description
Placerville, CA, Main Street with Horace Greely in Stage Coach, Photo, July, 1859. Photo of main street (dirt) lined with shops with canvas awnings hanging over walks in front of stores. Two stagecoaches with teams are posed, as are pedestrians. Sign on one store "Ambrotypes $100." on another "Ice!" b/w
Legend: "The main street of Placerville, as it looked in July of 1859, a few months before the Pony Express started. Seated on the first coach are stage driver Hank Monk and his famous passenger Horace Greely. Photo courtesy of Bancroft Library."
old digital file name: CAPlacervilleSta3.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1859
Place
City
Placerville
State/Province
California
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Placerville, California, Gold Rush, Hangtown, California
