lesson 5 Document 23
TITLE: Chavis Creek, camp 14th
CALL NUMBER: DRWG/US - Jenks, no. 2
(AA size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsc-04807 (digital
image from original)
LC-USZC4-9422 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-128882 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Drawing shows a man wrapped
in a blanket walking through the snow toward a
sod or log structure lacking a door. Another man walks behind
him carrying a log. A man and a
woman stand in the doorway of the structure while two men stock a
wagon. On Wednesday, April 13, 1859, Jenks' party arrived at Camp 14 - Chavis
Creek. He wrote in his diary, "more snowing and blowing."
MEDIUM: 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and
crayon ; 18.4 x 25.3 cm. (sheet).
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1859]
CREATOR: Jenks,
Daniel A., artist.
NOTES: Signed lower right on wagon: DAJ. Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund
(Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.2) Exhibited in: American treasures of
the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003.
SUBJECTS: Gold
rushes--California--1850-1860.
Sod
buildings--1850-1860.
Snow--1850-1860.
FORMAT: Drawings
American 1850-1860.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (original) ppmsc 04807 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04807
(color film copy transparency) cph 3g09422 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g09422
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c28882 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c28882
CARD #: dwg2001000226/PP
