Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County -- View from Stockton Hill – Antique Print
![Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County -- View from Stockton Hill, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3cbda500c4f9-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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This rare historic photograph captures Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County -- View from Stockton Hill in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County -- View from Stockton Hill
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Mokelumne Hill sat in Calaveras County, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, and this stereograph shows the town as seen from the surrounding slope. The Library of Congress holds only one half of the original pair, which was issued as number 868 in a series titled "Gems of California Scenery" and published around 1866. Such views were sold to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused two slightly offset images into a single three-dimensional scene. Mokelumne Hill grew up during the Gold Rush of the early 1850s, so the picture records a mining town that was already settling into a more permanent life by the time it was made.
| 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. 868. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,459 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115910 |
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