Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House - Placer County – Antique Print
![Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House - Placer County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b9/b943cd9d2f4d-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 Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House - Placer County. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House - Placer County
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Black Butte, seen from the Crystal Lake House in Placer County, is a Sierra Nevada view in the form of a half stereograph, one of two images meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope to create a sense of depth. Its caption card identifies it as number 821 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and the record notes that the Library holds only this half of the pair. Published in 1866, it belongs to a period when stereoviews of California's mountains and lakes were popular in parlors across the country, bringing distant landscapes to viewers who would never make the trip. The albumen print process of the time produced warm, finely detailed tones, and the record's details about the caption card should be read as unverified.
| 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. 821. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,459 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115940 |
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