This image has been taken from scan 000215 from volume 02 of "The Metallurgy of Silver, Gold, and Mercury in the United States". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created More
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1168. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1403. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
First settled in 1849, during the California Gold Rush, in 1850-51, it was the most important mining town in the state. In 1864, the word ôCityö was added to the name to relieve confusion with the bordering sta More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California More
Nevada Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assem More