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Title
Suspension bridge
Date Created and/or Issued
1930-1950
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2019-1302.
"W. (?) G. Drysdale Georgetown" -- handwritten on negative mask chart.
Shows suspension bridge in foreground, at confluence of North and Middle Fork of American River (center of bridge is dividing line between El Dorado and Placer Counties); possibly Lyon's bridge, wire suspension bridge built by W.C. Lyon in 1865. Concrete bridge in background.
Walter G. Drysdale (wife Amy Drysdale) lived in Georgetown, California.
Also have negatives: no. 29,904 (2 original negatives mounted in Kodak Mask Chart).
Type
image
Format
Unmediated
Sheet
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 postcard : photographic print ; 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.
Language
English
Subject
Suspension bridges--California--American River
Rivers--California--El Dorado County
Rivers--California--Placer County
American River (Calif.)--Photographs
El Dorado County (Calif.)--Photographs
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photographic postcards
Place
California
American River
El Dorado County
Placer County
American River (Calif.)
El Dorado County (Calif.)
Placer County (Calif.)

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