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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Lawrence & Houseworth photography albums: California views, 1860-1870

Collection number:
C005667; C005668; C005669

Collector:
Society of California Pioneers

Extent:
1,495 items in 3 albums
1,495 online items

Repository:
Society of California Pioneers
San Francisco, California 94107-1272

Abstract:
The Lawrence & Houseworth albums contain photographic prints published in the 1860s that document the many aspects of gold, silver (Comstock Lode), and quicksilver mining; the building of the Sutro Tunnel; the growth of northern California industries; mining towns including Columbia, Volcano, Brown's Flat, French Corral, and Birchville; cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Stockton, and Sacramento; churches and schools; the development of transportation including covered wagons, shipping and the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad; railroad cars; portraits of Native Americans; and some of the state's natural wonders including the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, and the Big Trees of Calaveras and Mariposa counties.

Language:
English.

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