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Title
Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Union Aqueduct in the Calaveras mining, 1862
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1862
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 a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Union Aqueduct in the Calaveras mining, 1862. Caption: "Calaveras mining region. Flume of the Union Aqueduct. View on the road from Murphy's to the Big Trees.", "Fischer". The long wooden lattice structure of the aqueduct runs along the road on which a horseman rides in the forest.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m13109
USC-1-1-1-13261 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4911...-9563
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13109
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4911.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Union Aqueduct
Water-supply
Aqueducts
Horses
Time Period
1862
Place
Calaveras
California
USA
Source
1-189- [Microfiche number]
4911; 9563 [Accession number]
CHS-4911; CHS-9563 [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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