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 view of Main Street in Placerville, ca.1930. Many automobiles line the street while many buildings line the raised sidewalk. A line with several flags hanging down extends from the right where a tree stands and the left where a radio shop stands in the foreground. A store on the left has stacks of boxes outside the front entrance and a hotel can be seen further down. A brick building can be seen on the right as well as a truck with a fenced bed. More flags can be seen further down and a large building stands facing the end of the street. Light poles and electrical lines line the street and trees can be seen in the background. Picture file card reads "Hangtown Creek -- in which most of the mining was done -- is in back of the buildings, on the right. The town started in 1848, then known as 'Dry Diggings'. Next year, the name was changed to 'Hangtown' and it took the present name in 1854".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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