Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City – Antique Photo Print
![Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/aa/aa01f8391bc5-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City
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This albumen print shows Six Mile Canyon as seen from C Street in Virginia City, Nevada, and it survives as one half of a stereograph pair, the other half not held by the Library. Published around 1866 as number 717 in a series of California-style scenery views, it was sold to a public eager for images of the mining frontier. Virginia City had grown rapidly after the Comstock Lode silver discovery of 1859, and the surrounding canyons were crowded with mills, mine works, and the timber hauled in to shore up tunnels. The record's caption information has not been independently verified, so the exact details of the view are best read as contemporary labeling.
| 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. 717. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,298 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111595 |
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