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Title
Waterwheel lifting water in an orchard, Auburn, ca.1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a waterwheel lifting water in an orchard, Auburn, ca.1930. The old fashioned wooden waterwheel, which is almost as tall as the trees that surround it, stands center as it lifts water. A small, dusty roadway can be seen in the lower left-hand corner cutting through the orchard. Picture file card reads "Old waterwheel which lifted water where it was conveyed to the trees through a large pipe".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14020
USC-1-1-1-14177 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20262
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14020
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20262.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Placer County--Auburn
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
Auburn
California
Placer
USA
Source
1-112-67 [Microfiche number]
20262 [Accession number]
CHS-20262 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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