Crystal Lake - From Hieroglyphic Rocks - Placer County – Historic Print
![Crystal Lake - From Hieroglyphic Rocks - Placer County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/752b4c8a4e52-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: Crystal Lake - From Hieroglyphic Rocks - Placer County, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Crystal Lake - From Hieroglyphic Rocks - Placer County
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Crystal Lake, in Placer County, appears here beside a rock formation called the Hieroglyphic Rocks. This albumen print is half of a stereographic pair from the Gems of California Scenery series, no. 822, but the Library holds only this one image, so the second view that produced the three-dimensional effect is missing. Prints like this were made in quantity during the 1860s, when parlor stereoscopes brought distant landscapes into middle-class homes, and the Sierra foothills drew strong interest as scenery in the years after the Gold Rush. The caption details come from an old 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. 822. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,445 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116125 |
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