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Title
Sixteen-mule team hauling borax from old Borate, ca.1890-1900
Creator
McConnell
Contributor
Thompson, Lois, commentator
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890/1900
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 a 16-mule team hauling borax from old Borate (according to a letter by Lois Thompson dated 24 October 1955 [in the receipt file]), ca.1890-1900. A driver and one other man are sitting on the ore wagon. The mining operation including scaffolding and a building are visible in the background. The surrounding landscape is quite rocky and hilly.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11159
USC-1-1-1-11309 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1408
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11159
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1408.jpg
Subject
Industry--Borax (salt)
Salt industry and trade
Salt lakes
Borax mines and mining
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1890/1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-104-3 [Microfiche number]
1408 [Accession number]
CHS-1408 [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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