Washington Street, Sonora, Tuolomne County from the City Hotel – Vintage Wall Art
![Washington Street, Sonora, Tuolomne County from the City Hotel, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a5/a50613e262cd-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: Washington Street, Sonora, Tuolomne County from the City Hotel, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Washington Street, Sonora, Tuolomne County from the City Hotel
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Washington Street in Sonora, the seat of Tuolumne County, is photographed here from the City Hotel, which gives the viewer a look down the main thoroughfare of a gold rush town. Sonora grew quickly after miners reached the Sierra Nevada foothills in the late 1840s, and by the 1860s its streets were lined with stores, hotels and saloons. This print is one half of a stereographic pair issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and the Library holds only this half, so the companion view is not in the collection. Stereographs like this were viewed through a hand-held stereoscope and were popular parlor items in the years after the Civil War.
| 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. 959. LOT subdivision subject: Sonora. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,439 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115670 |
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