Slippery Ford house, El Dorado County, Calif. – Antique Print
![Slippery Ford house, El Dorado County, Calif., [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/729ff07a274c-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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A window into the past: Slippery Ford house, El Dorado County, Calif., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Slippery Ford house, El Dorado County, Calif.
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Slippery Ford was a river crossing in El Dorado County, California, where wagons and stagecoaches had to negotiate a slick riverbed on the roads that carried miners and freight into the Sierra foothills. This albumen print is one half of a stereograph pair, issued in the 1860s as part of the Gems of California Scenery series and numbered 627 on the caption card. The Library holds only this half, so the three-dimensional effect of the original pair is not available here. The subject heading points to wagon trains and stage coaches, the traffic that made such a crossing a busy stopping point. The publication date and series details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| 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. 627. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,382 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128301 |
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