Visual Materials

[Smith's Bar on Feather River, Plumas County, California?]

Description: View of a long flume across a rocky canyon at a mining site. Men can be seen standing on flume. Probable location determined by Library staff late-20th century based on similarity to sketch of Smith's Bar by Lamson at California Historical Society. See collection file for correspondence and copy of sketch. Date based on years of major usage of ambrotypes.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1855-1865]
Call number: (photDAG 26)
Provenance: Acquired from various sources. Assembled into a collection by the Library from various sources. See finding aid for sources of individual items.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval. Please view digital surrogates.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The copyright for daguerreotypes by Robert Shlaer (photDAG 116, photDAG 154) is held by Shlaer. For the rest of the collection, the responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Oliver, Barret, (1818-1879,); Pratt, William A., (1808-1888,); Root, M. A. (1811-1894,); Shlaer, Robert, (1825-1876,); Southworth, Albert Sands, (1820-1893,); Vance, Robert H.,; Whitney, Edward Tompkins,
Associated organizations: Meade Bros.,; Southworth & Hawes,
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[Smith's Bar on Feather River, Plumas County, California?]

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