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Title
Rochester mines adjoining Bagdad mines in the Mojave Desert
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 Rochester mines adjoining Bagdad mines in the Mojave Desert, [s.d.]. A shed sits next to a skeletal wooden structure in the dirt in the foreground with wood and bricks scattered on the right. An in complete set of tracks extends from piles of wood in the foreground on the right to a small dirt road the leads into the background. The road bends around a second shed at center a large, skeletal tower meets the road at the end. On the left of the tower sits a third shed while two large wooden structures sit on the right surrounded in scattered supplies. Another tower as well as another shed can be seen on a dirt mound in the distance where the mountain side surrounds them.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20652
USC-1-1-1-14148 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46177
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20652
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46177.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Deserts
Mining--Kern County--General
Mine sites
Place
California
USA
Source
46177 [Accession number]
CHS-46177 [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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