Nevada City, from the South - Catholic Church, Union Hotel, and Sugarloaf Mt., Nev. County – Vintage Print
![Nevada City, from the South - Catholic Church, Union Hotel, and Sugarloaf Mt., Nev. County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bc/bc4318d77280-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 Nevada City, from the South - Catholic Church, Union Hotel, and Sugarloaf Mt., Nev. County. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Nevada City, from the South - Catholic Church, Union Hotel, and Sugarloaf Mt., Nev. County
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Looking south over Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County in California's Sierra foothills, this view frames a Catholic church and the Union Hotel against Sugarloaf Mountain. The town grew quickly after gold was discovered nearby in 1849, and by the mid-1860s it was a settled mining community of churches, hotels, and hillside streets. Stereographs like this one were made in pairs and viewed through a stereoscope, a popular parlor pastime that gave viewers a sense of depth. The Library holds only one half of this pair.
| 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. 1136. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada City. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,533 × 1,500 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115554 |
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