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 map of California from the geological survey of 1853 conducted by Lieutenant R. W. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineer. Transcription reads: "exploration and surveys for a R.R. Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Geological map of a part of the state of California, explored in 1853 by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. topological engineer. Prepared to accompany the report of William P. Blake, geologists of the expedition", " Lith of survey Mayer & Knapp, NY".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs maps
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