Lake Bryanthus, California, 1911 – Antique Photo Print
(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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Lake Bryanthus, California, 1911 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Lake Bryanthus (Bull Frog), elevation 11,000 ft.
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Lake Bryanthus, California, 1911
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Lake Bryanthus, California, appears in this 1911 panoramic photograph, though surviving records say little about the lake itself, so the state around it offers the clearest context. In 1911 California was in the middle of a political shift: Governor Hiram Johnson had taken office that January on a platform against railroad and corporate influence, and in October voters approved women's suffrage. The state's economy leaned on agriculture, fruit and irrigated farmland, and on the railroads that carried those crops to market. Many residents moved west during these years, and towns grew quickly around water projects, rail lines and orchards. Scenes like this one, of open water set against the land, would have been familiar to people who relied on lakes and reservoirs for irrigation, recreation and local pride.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pacific photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,428 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Lake Bryanthus (Bull Frog), elevation 11,000 ft. |
| Reference | CA Lake Bryanthus 1911 |
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