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Title: Bodie historical marker
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Creator: Dawson, Arline
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1974
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Close-up view of the State historical marker at Bodie, California, Registered Historical Landmark #341, erected on September 12, 1964. It notes the discovery of gold here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey, after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than 100 million dollars.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00053179
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-4(459)
CARL0000055768
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/103620
Subject: Historical markers--California--Bodie
Mines and mineral resources--California--Bodie
Gold mines and mining--California--Bodie
Ghost towns--California--Bodie
Bodey, W. S
Bodie (Calif.)

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