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Image / Nevada-California boundary marker, Truckee, ca.1930

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Title
Nevada-California boundary marker, Truckee, 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 the Nevada-California boundary marker, Truckee, ca.1930. An automobile faces the foreground at center with the stone marker on the left. The marker has a small circle on top and a rectangular plaque at the center. The road on the right rides along the mountain side with the rocky hill above on the left and many trees sloping down on the right. An automobile can be seen driving away further down the road. "A few miles east of Truckee, Highway 40 passes into Nevada. The monument marks the boundary. California is in the foreground".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14014
USC-1-1-1-14171 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20410
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14014
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20410.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Nevada County--Truckee
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Nevada
Truckee
USA
Source
1-112-232 [Microfiche number]
20410 [Accession number]
CHS-20410 [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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