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Lawrence and Houseworth Collection
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Description:
"More than 900 albumen silver half stereographs published by Lawrence and Houseworth of San Francisco. ...The photographs depict major settlements, boom towns, placer and hydraulic mining operations, shipping and transportation routes, and such points of scenic interest throughout northern California and western Nevada as the Yosemite Valley and the Calaveras Redwoods. The collection also includes an extensive pictorial survey of mid-nineteenth-century San Francisco." Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Extra Keywords
Gems of California Scenery

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
California -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Stereoscopic views

LII Database Information:
Record 6090 created by Dennis Maness on 02/28/2005
Last modification on 03/02/2005
Published: 02/28/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6090