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Artist
Jenks, Daniel A.
Title
Cherokee Pass
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Rocky Mountains, Cherokee Pass: "Drawing shows a dirt trail among pine trees leading toward a heavily forested pass between snow-capped mountains. This pass, near present-day Ft. Collins, Colorado, heads north toward the Oregon and California Trail. This was camp 59 for Jenks' party on Tuesday, June 7, 1859. He wrote of that day's camp, 'Our wagons had to be chained to keep them in their places, the hillside was so steep.'" "1 drawing on paper: graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon"
Date 7 June 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-06-07T00:00:00Z/11
Medium graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon on paper
Source/Photographer Library of Congress [1]
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Other versions Fully restored version of File:Cherokee Pass.jpg . Cropped. Depigmented areas repigmented. Dirt removed. Corrected for uneven fade. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced, with extensive localized changes to colors. Also localized changes to brightness, contrast, and saturation. See also File:Cherokee Pass1.tif (partial restoration) and File:Cherokee Pass2.tif (full restoration, uncompressed).

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