Exterior view of the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868

Description

Photograph of the exterior of a wooden building in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868. The building has two stories and a set of double doors at right. On the roof above the double doors is a bell tower. There is a pole to the left of the building and a dirt road runs in front of it. There are hills in the background. This is the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) and was built in 1868. Picture file card says that the image shows "the engines 'Faithful' and 'Fearless'", compontents of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m19076

Names & Dates

Created:

1868

Creator:

[photographer] Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Fire-departments , [file heading] Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Gold Hill , buildings

Coverage:

1868

Place:

[populated places] Gold Hill
[counties] Storey
[states/provinces] Nevada
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m19076

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-14220
[accession no] 9830
[call no] CHS-9830
[microfiche no] 1-112-95