Drytown, Amador County--the Main Street – Vintage Photo Print
![Drytown, Amador County--the Main Street, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/eb69049e122d-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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Step back in time with Drytown, Amador County--the Main Street, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Drytown, Amador County--the Main Street
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Drytown, a mining settlement in Amador County in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, is the subject here, shown through its main street. The gold rush drew thousands of prospectors to this region in the early 1850s, and small towns like Drytown grew up quickly around placer and quartz mining. This albumen print is one half of a stereograph, a paired image viewed through a stereoscope to create a three-dimensional effect, and only this half survives in the Library's holdings. It was issued in a series titled "Gems of California Scenery," which shows how mid-1860s viewers looked to the mining west for scenes of American frontier life.
| 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. 863. LOT subdivision subject: Amador County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,456 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115503 |
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