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 panoramic view of the mining town of Randsburg, in the winter, ca.1900. Many of the structures are tents. The town and hills behind it are covered with snow. Several people are standing near an unhitched wagon behind a small wooden building in the foreground (lower left). Legible signs include: "Jameson's feed stable", ..."k Cafe", "Randsburg Drugstore", "Granger[?] stage office", ..."& coal yard", "Shepard, Wheeler & Rhodes, U.S. Deputy mineral surveyors, Mining & civil engineers, Abstractors & mining claims", "Mines bought, sold & examined & reports furnished", "Randsburg assay office", "Hempstead's drug store", "New York Hotel", "Randsburg steam bakery", "Eureka chop house", "Harrington House", "Lodging", "Mining surveyor", "Elite Theatre", "St. Elmo cigar store", ..."aster".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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