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Title
Monument and bronze tablet marking the pioneer emigrant trail of 1849, Truckee, ca.1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 the monument and bronze tablet marking the pioneer emigrant trail of 1849, Truckee, ca.1930. A stone cube supports a tall, almost rectangular rock which displays the bronze tablet. Large bushes and a tree-covered hillside can be seen in the background while a barb wire fence stands in the foreground next to a post that reads "Emigrant Trail". "Monument and bronze tablet marking the pioneer emigrant trail of 1849. Placed by the Historical Landmark committee of the Native Sons of the Golden West".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20141
USC-1-1-1-14171 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20412
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20141
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20412.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Nevada County--Truckee
Monuments
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Nevada
Truckee
USA
Source
1-112-234 [Microfiche number]
20412 [Accession number]
CHS-20412 [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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