Looking east from International Hotel, Virginia City – Historic Print
![Looking east from International Hotel, Virginia City, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b7/b7a37add234e-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 Looking east from International Hotel, Virginia City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Looking east from International Hotel, Virginia City
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From the International Hotel, this view looks east over the rooftops of Virginia City, the Nevada mining town that boomed after silver was discovered on the Comstock Lode in 1859. The Library holds only one half of the original stereograph pair, so the image lacks the second lens that would have given the scene depth when viewed through a stereoscope. Cards like this, issued in series such as *Gems of California Scenery*, were popular parlor items in the 1860s, and the town's buildings clinging to the steep hillside show how quickly the settlement had spread across difficult ground.
| 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. 716. 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 | 1,515 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112146 |
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