Hydraulic Mining at Gold Run, Placer County
Artist
Carleton E. Watkins
(American, 1829 - 1916)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/16 × 6 1/16 inches (8.1 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3704
SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "WATKINS' PACIFIC RAILROAD, / 22 and 26 Montgomery Street, opposite Lick House entrance, San Francisco."
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "61. Hydraulic Mining, / at Gold Run, Placer County.";
On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Photograpahic Views of California, Oregon, and the Pacific Coast generally - embracing/ Yosemite, Big Trees, Geysers, Mout Shasta, Mining, City, etc., etc. / Views made to order in any part of the State or Coast.".
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "JL0AZC" / 1870s / GOLD MINING / CALIF"
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