48 lithographs, all 1854, 1856

File — Box: 1

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Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection consists of 48 lithographs of Carl Schuchard's drawings made during the A.B. Gray Survey of 1854. Twelve of the lithographs were completed by Bien and Sterner Lithographers in New York and 34 by Middleton, Wallace and Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The lithographs depict scenes along the route of the survey, which sought a possible route for a southern trans-continental railroad. These scenes represent some of the earliest depictions of the territory newly acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the Gadsden Purchase.

Dates

1856

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access and Use

The materials contained in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.

A searchable, online database to the images in this collection may be accessed at http://archphotos.nmsu.edu/