Nevada County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Stereographs of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06_Cpwprr
Dates:
ca. 1868-1873
Thomas Houseworth and Co. stereograph collection
Collection — Box P011
Identifier: PC-RM-Houseworth
Abstract
Thomas Houseworth and Co. is the company continued by Thomas Houseworth after his partner George Lawrence retired in 1869. Houseworth was an optometrist and stereograph merchant located in San Francisco, Calif. The images in this collection contain reprints of Lawrence and Houseworth images, as well as newly created images. Houseworth was a major player in the stereograph market until the early 1870s, and he took numerous measures to make sure his work remained viable, including introducing...
Dates:
1868-1869
Photographs of the effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: PC-RM -Todd
Abstract
Consists of seventeen photographs documenting the destructive effects of hydraulic mining. Includes images of washed-over roads, ruined orchards, broken dams, riverbank gravel deposits, and working hydraulic hoses. Photos were taken in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties and feature the Yuba and Feather Rivers. Two other photographs depict waterfront and shipping scenes in unidentified location, probably San Francisco. One photograph shows a dredge docked near an unidentified waterfront.
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Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1883