The San Lorenzo Paper Mill, Santa Cruz – Antique Wall Art
![The San Lorenzo Paper Mill, Santa Cruz, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/2801e936df60-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The San Lorenzo Paper Mill, Santa Cruz, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The San Lorenzo Paper Mill, Santa Cruz
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The San Lorenzo Paper Mill in Santa Cruz appears here as one half of a stereographic pair, issued as number 52 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series. Albumen prints like this one were mounted on card and viewed through a stereoscope, a parlor favorite of the 1860s that made flat photographs look three-dimensional. Only this half of the pair survives in the Library's holdings, so the depth effect is not available here. The catalog files the view under lumber mills, and the caption data is unverified, so the mill's exact product is worth confirming.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 52. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc.). This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,429 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116325 |
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