[Photograph of the Davis family]

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10001145

Description

Title: [Photograph of the Davis family]
Creator: Davis, Sarah Green
Contributor: Davis, Sarah Green
Abstract: Sarah Davis's diary records her 1850 trip across the plains with her husband. Entries describe the scenery and trail conditions. Several pages of notes by her husband at the front of the diary indicate he had traveled to California once before in 1849. The journal is accompanied by three photographs of Sarah Davis.
Description: Caption verso: Mrs. Z. P. Davis.
The journal is difficult to read due to the faint pencil lead and the handwriting.
Extent: 1 photographic print
10.7 x 8.2 cm.
b&w

Access: Public
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Citation: Sarah Green Davis, Diary of an Overland Journey to California. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.