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Description
Plates in: Vischer's views of California : the mammoth tree grove, Calaveras County, California, and its avenues ; consisting of title page and 12 plates with 25 engravings. Plate I, The Mammoth Tree Grove. Typographical work by Agnew & Deffebach, San Franciso. L. Nagel, printer. C.C. Kuchel, lithographer. Views of the mining town of Murphy's, the starting place for the Grove -- Suspension flume at Murhpy's, 1859 -- Sperry's Hotel at Murphy's -- The deep cut at Murphy's, 1859 -- Views from the Murphy or Big Tree Route over the Sierra Nevada -- Mud Springs -- First glimpse of the Sierra Nevada from the ridge on the Carson Road -- Cascade at Woodfords. 2010-3776. Discovered in 1852 by Augustus T. Dowd, area became a state park in 1931 - Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print : lithograph ; 10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001427544CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Giant sequoias--California--Calaveras County Hotels--California--Murphys Flumes Waterfalls--California--Calaveras County Calaveras County (Calif.)--Pictorial works Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works Murphys (Calif.)--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs Landscape prints
Place
California Calaveras County Murphys Calaveras County (Calif.) Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.) Murphys (Calif.)
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