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Hydraulic Mining, Idaho

Artist C. Weitfle (American)
Dateca. 1860s
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/4 × 6 1/16 inches (9.53 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 7 inches (10 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3736
SignedOn mount verso, bottom, in black type: "Photographed by CHAS. WEITFLE, Central City, Colo."; On mount verso, center, in black type: "COLORADO INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION / [image] OMNIA VINCIT LAROR / AWARDED TO Charles Weitfle, / Best Collection / Photographic Views / OF / Colorado Scenery / 1878".
InscribedOn image recto, lower left, in white type on label: "NO. 237 - HYDRAULIC MINING, IDAHO"; On mount verso, top, in black type: "Stereoscopic Views of Colorado Scenery."; On mount verso, bottom, in black type: "Headquarters for Colorado Views. Over 300 different views for sales. / ALSO AWARDED THE SILVER MEDAL OF 1879."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in black pen: "1B"
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DescriptionImage(s) of men standing in a rocky landscape with hand tools. One man holds a pipe which disperses a side stream of water against the rocks.
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