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Stagecoach from Sacramento to Portland (1867)
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| Advertisement | Stagecoach from Sacramento to Portland (1867) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Oregon Stage Company |
| Publication Source | The Pacific coast business directory... containing... the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia. Also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities, and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast, p. xii |
| Publisher | H.G. Langley |
| Publisher Location | United States--California--San Francisco |
| Publication Date | 1867
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| Advertisement Text | Daily. Through in six days! From Sacramento to Oroville, per railroad. From there, per stage, through Chico, Tehama, Red Bluff, Shasta...Corvallis, Albany, Salem, Oregon City, to Portland, Oregon. Passing through the valleys of Rogue River, Umpqua & Willamette. This portion of the Pacific slope embraces the most beautiful and attractive, as well as some of the most bold, grand and picturesque scenery on the continent...H.W. Corbett and Co., Proprietors. |
| Contextual Notes | On July 1, 1866, the Oregon Stage Company began operating a route from Sacramento to Portland. The company monopolized stagecoach travel between Oregon and California until 1887, when railroads connected the states. Its propreitor, Henry Corbett, was a successful wholesale merchant and the city treasurer of Portland. Corbett served in the United States Senate from 1867 to 1873.
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| Category | Transportation and communication
Automobiles, carriages and wagons
Tourism and travel |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Stagecoaches; Carriages & coaches; Horses |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Stagecoach lines--United States; Animals in advertising |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0389 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. F852 P32 1867 |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
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