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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a drove of camels in the Calaveras mammoth tree grove, California, September 1868. Caption: "The Calaveras mammoth tree grove, Big Tree Hotel, and surrounding grounds, Sept. 1868." The Big Tree Hotel, at left, was enroute to the mines. Two steers rest in a clearing in the thick forest at right. A round fenced area in front of the hotel contains a fountain and grazing elk or moose. Several riders on horse-back and horse-drawn wagons are visible in the area.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs art
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