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[E. A. Bonine photographs of Yuma and early Arizona mining].
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Title:

[E. A. Bonine photographs of Yuma and early Arizona mining]

Creator/Contributor:

Bonine, Elias A., 1843-1916, creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Includes 2 views of what is likely Yuma, Arizona, on the Colorado River. Images depict adobe structures, a large river in the background and, in one view, a paddle steamer on the near bank. Also includes 3 views of a mining operation in the hills above the town, and one group portrait of 3 young miners posing at an anvil.

Date:

1882 (issued)

Subject:

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Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yuma -- Photographs
Miners -- Arizona -- Yuma -- Photographs
Yuma (Ariz.) -- Photographs

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's advertisement printed on back of mounts: Indian photographs can be furnished at $3 per dozen and will be sent per mail, upon receipt of price. Send either a postal order on Pasadena or registered letter. Also, stereoscopic scenery of Southern California. Address, E. A. Bonine, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., Cal.
All prints adhered to plain orange mounts.
E. A. Bonine photographs of early Arizona mining, BANC PIC 2020.009, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Bonine was known to have visited the Yuma vicinity in 1882 and 1883.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

photoprint
6 photographs in 6 folders : albumen prints on card mounts ; sheets 12 x 19 cm, mounts 14 x 22 cm

Language:

English

Origin:

California