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Mining out a Ranch, Columbia

Artist Thomas Houseworth (American, 1828 - 1915)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (7.94 × 15.56 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 6 15/16 inches (8.89 × 17.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3741
SignedOn mount recto, right edge, in black type: "THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO. / 317 and 319 Montgomery Street, S.F."
InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "PLACER MINING."; On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "1014. MINING OUT A RANCH - Columbia, Tuolumne Co.".
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DescriptionImage of a man standing in profile along a raised wooden platform above a body of water lined with a rocky ledge.
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