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Louisiana Company's flume on the Mokelumne River

Description

View of flume, showing details, with tents in background in a canyon. Handwriting inside case, under plate, reads: "Louisiana Company's Flume on the Mokelumne River. Taken Oct. 1853. View of upper part of [__?] and all of the [Ramsbottom?] and a part of the [Minters? Bank?]." A list of names follows: "Capt. Birdsall, Boston; Capt. Bunker, Lowell; Demithy Reid, S.C.; Horatio Reynolds; H. E. Chesebrough & [Mathew?] Lightman; Luke Chesebrough; G. Shannon; Tom Thompson; Lorna; Shorb [C?] & Bell." In addition, another note inside the case reads: "Chesebrough's Flume, Maquilumne [sic] River, Calaveras Co. Cal. 1852, 1853 & 1854."

Type
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Date
1853 October
Call number
(photDAG 54)
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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