Northern California,Western Nevada from the series Gems of California scenery

Lawrence & Houseworth photographs of Northern California and Western Nevada from the series Gems of California scenery
Title: Lawrence & Houseworth photographs of Northern California and Western Nevada from the series Gems of California scenery
Other Title: Lawrence & Houseworth collection
Creator(s): Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher
Related Names:
Lawrence & Houseworth. Gems of California scenery.
Date Created/Published: 1862-1867.
Summary: Half-stereograph prints show sites in Northern California with emphasis on San Francisco and areas of the Sierra Nevada. Also views of Carson City and Virginia City in Western Nevada. Subjects include placer and hydraulic mining operations and settlements; commercial buildings; the Central Pacific Railroad; churches; dwellings; mills; missions; harbors and wharfs; schools; some ships. Also cityscapes and street scenes; views of Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe, Calif., and the redwoods of Calaveras County, Calif.
Notes:
Arrangement: Arranged sequentially by item numbers assigned by the publisher.
Black-and-white copy prints are available for reference purposes (call number: LOT 3544). These are organized by location or subject into 71 categories as listed in: 'Subdivisions for Lawrence & Houseworth Collection' (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/lawhouhtml/lawhousubdivs.html).
Digitized images (made from copy negatives) and associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/lawhouquery.html
Photographs are listed by number in the accompanying catalog: Gems of California scenery ... / photographed and published by Lawrence & Houseworth. 3rd ed. San Francisco, 1866. The catalog lists over 1,100 views within the series.
Photographs bear printed captions and item numbers.
Original prints have been mounted on bond paper by the Library.
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, no. 142
Purchase?; 1867?
A set of catalog records describing each item is available through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. See http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lcoa1.about
Subjects:
Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.
Cities & towns--California--1860-1870.
Cities & towns--Nevada--1860-1870.
Mining--California--1860-1870.
Mining--Nevada--1860-1870.
California--1860-1870.
Nevada--1860-1870.
San Francisco (Calif.)--1860-1870.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--1860-1870.
Albumen prints--1860-1870.
Cityscapes--1860-1870.
Stereographs--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2003653069/
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