U.S.P.R.R. Exp & Surveys Lot/3 Tinted Litho Plates: Fort Owen, Nez Perces, Fort Benton ~ 47th 49th Parallels General discount Report ~ c1860

For your consideration is a lot of three antique tinted lithograph plates taken from the U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys - 47th & 49th Parallels General Reports. All discount are in the approximate size of 8 3/8" x 11 3/8" (give or take an 1/8") overall with the lithos themselves being about 6" x 9". They all have some scattered foxing appropriate to their age. All are signed with Stanley, Del as the artist and Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. 449 Broadway, N.Y. as publisher.

They are as follows:

Plate XXX - Fort Owen - Flathead Village

Plate XXIII - Nez Perces

Plate IV _ Fort Benton

"The Reportsof Explorations and Surveys were to ascertain the practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean-..."

These would be a wonderful pictorial history statement after a good mat and frame job to display them...