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Columbia, Tuolumne County - General view from the Public School – Historic Print

Columbia, Tuolumne County - General view from the Public School, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Columbia, Tuolumne County - General view from the Public School, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 Columbia, Tuolumne County - General view from the Public School in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Taken from the grounds of Columbia's public school, this stereograph surveys one of the best-known gold camps in Tuolumne County. Columbia boomed after gold was discovered nearby in 1850, and its miners and merchants earned it the nickname "Gem of the Mines." The Library holds only one half of the original pair, which was issued as number 978 in a series called *Gems of California Scenery*. Albumen prints like this one, mounted for viewing through a stereoscope, were popular parlor entertainment in the 1860s, and views of mining towns gave armchair audiences a glimpse of the West.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 978. LOT subdivision subject: Columbia. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,455 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115812

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