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Title
Mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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 mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905. At center is a large piece of mining equipment encircled by what appear to be clouds of dust. At the bottom left is a group of people visible from behind walking along a track. Steep rocky cliff walls are visible around the people and mining equipment, while a second piece of equipment is visible on top of the cliff. Hills are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
7 x 12 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20670
USC-1-1-1-14144
USC-1-1-1-14107 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46193
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20670
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46193.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Imperial County
Mining--General
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California
Imperial
Tumco
USA
Source
46193 [Accession number]
84-1-1824 [Microfiche number]
CHS-46193 [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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