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Frontier and pioneer life -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Emigrants to the West

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5378
Abstract

Lithograph of a work by American painter William de la Montagne Cary (1840-1922), depicting a wagon train of pioneers camping and preparing a meal.

Dates: circa 1880-1890

Sketches for "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5363
Abstract

Pen and ink sketches by Bob Kuhn for Mary Jane Carr's book "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail," depicting moccasins, a buffalo skull, and scenes from the book. Kuhn (1920-2007) was one of the leading painters of North American and African wildlife.

Dates: circa 1950-1957