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Title
Old adobe in Fiddletown from Chinatown of the 1850s, 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 an old adobe in Fiddletown from Chinatown of the 1850s, ca.1930. At center a dilapidated old house is visible with an inclined, shingled roof. On the front of the house, two windows are visible with shutters that are open and partially off of their hinges. A porch is visible on the front, while a wooden fence runs from the end of the porch to the left and right. Trees are visible in the background while a dirt road runs in front of the house. Photoprint reads: "An adobe - all that is left of Chinatown of the 1850s and still occupied by Chinese".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20065
USC-1-1-1-14118 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20318
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20065
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20318.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Automobiles
Chinese Americans
Mining--Amador County--General
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
Amador
California
USA
Source
1-112-85 [Microfiche number]
20318 [Accession number]
CHS-20318 [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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