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Image / Drawing by Vischer of Sugarloaf Station, near Placerville, 1860-1865

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Title
Drawing by Vischer of Sugarloaf Station, near Placerville, 1860-1865
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1860/1865
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 Sugarloaf Station, near Placerville, 1860-1865. Caption: "Sugarloaf Station, formerly known as Dix's Station of the first Overland Mail [Route] (an old Mormon settlement), 38 miles from Placerville." A man tends to a six-mule drawn wagon parked behind another wagon adjecent to "Webster's" log cabin in the forest. A flag flies from the pinnacle of the sugarloaf-like peak in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
transparencies
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m13104
USC-1-1-1-13256 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4917...-9569
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13104
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4917.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Mountains
Coaching
Wagons
Horses
Hotels, taverns, etc
Postal service
Sugarloaf Station
Dix's Station
Overland Mail
Forests
Time Period
1860/1865
Place
California
El Dorado
USA
Source
1-189- [Microfiche number]
4917; 9569 [Accession number]
CHS-4917; CHS-9569 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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