Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Amador County, California Logging Photo Album
- Dates:
- circa 1905
- Abstract:
- A photo album containing more than 50 images of the lumber trade near Pine Grove, California, circa 1905.
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Amador County, California Logging Photo Album, MC387, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Description from bookseller:
A photo album containing more than 50 images of the lumber trade near Pine Grove, California, circa 1905. Photographs include images of the forest, laborers and their families, men at work, homes and other buildings, railways, wilderness life, and the industry and infrastructure of lumbering. Some of the images are signed "Magill" in the negative.
Located in Amador County, Pine Grove sits at an elevation of 2,400 feet - an ideal transition altitude where oaks and pine trees share the landscape. Logging and mining played a key role in the regional economy from the 1850s to the 1940s. Historically, lumber from small steam-powered splinter sawmills was used to shore up tunnels in mine shafts to prevent cave-ins and for sluice boxes and flumes.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Johnson Rare Books and Archives.
- Processing information:
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Elizabeth Wood created this finding aid with information supplied by the seller.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Physical description:
- The photographs, which measure about 5" x 4" on average, are mounted to black paper leaves in an oblong fabric-bound album (8" x 5 3/4"). It appears a few photographs were removed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-01 12:27:01 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Amador County, California Logging Photo Album, MC387, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621