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 wide dirt street in Truckee showing a line of commercial buildings, ca.1880. The broad road is in the foreground and is marked by wagon tracks. The left side of the street is bordered by a long line of two-story wooden buildings with covered porches. Several horse-drawn vehicles are parked in front of the buildings. A line of utility poles runs parallel to the structures. Legible signs include, from left: "Yellowstone", "Cigars Tobacco Stationery", "Post Office", "Local Souvenir Post Cards", "Phonographs and Records", "Ice Cream Sodas", "Cycle Sundries Fishing Tackle", "Meals 25", "Rugs", "Shoes", and "Truckee Livery".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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