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[Photographs of Truckee, Calif. and other nearby locations].
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Title:

[Photographs of Truckee, Calif. and other nearby locations]

Creator/Contributor:

Gage, H. K., active 1874-1886

Abstract:

Miscellaneous photographs (box 1) chiefly pertaining to Truckee, Calif. Numerous real photo postcards; other formats include snapshots, cabinet cards, cartes de visit, a lantern slide, and a stereograph. Includes town views, street scenes, groups, studio portraits, buildings, winter scenes. Among other locations depicted are Hobart Mills, Donner Lake, Lake Tahoe, Loyalton and Webber Lake. Miscellaneous papers (box 2) include a ledger and stock certificate for Poeple's Ice Company, various receipts, a deed of indenture, a few business cards, illustrated tear sheets, a letter, ephemera pertaining to winter dog racing and ribbon of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.

Date:

1870 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Truckee (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Donner Lake (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Hobart Mills (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Loyalton (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Donner Lake
California -- Loyalton
California -- Truckee
United States -- Lake Tahoe

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Numerous photographers, all unknown except studio photographer H.K. Gage.
Collected by dealer.
Includes a few folders of miscellaneous papers and ephemera.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Purchase; From Barney Chapman ; 2015.
Preferred citation: Photographs of Truckee, Calif. and other nearby locations, BANC PIC 2016.002, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works.
Postcards.
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes de visite.

Physical Description:

photoprint
Approximately 290 photographs : chiefly albumen and gelatin silver prints ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.