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Title
[Settlement and mining operation in Grizzly Flats, El Dorado County, Calif.]
Creator
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Contributor
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1851-1852]
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library;;, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu;;, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections
Rights Information
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Description
See also BANC PIC 1905.16242:085, a view taken from a few yards to the right of this vantage point.
Date based upon Johnson's address.
See bio. in Mautz. EHI gives George H., only Mautz provides "Howard".
View of mining settlement showing buildings in distance and mining equipment and waterwheels along the river's edge. Note small tent to right at base of tree, also visible in 1905.16242:085.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12.1 cm.
Form/Genre
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0000x9g19
BANC PIC 1905.16242:082--CASE
brk00040067_8a.tif
Subject
Gold mines and mining
Buildings
Cities and towns
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Water-wheels
Mining districts--California--El Dorado County--Grizzly Flat--Photographs

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