View of Robinson's Ferry landing at the Stanislaus River in Melones, ca.1930

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Photograph of a view of Robinson's Ferry landing at the Stanislaus River in Melones, ca.1930. A wooden bridge extends from the dirt bank in the foreground to the other side of the riverbed. At the edge of the plank in center a staircase leads down to the ground through a wooden frame. At the bottom of the stairs there is a small trail of sunshine that is allowed through the shade that the tall trees on the right provide. A bend of the river can be seen on the left with banks of dirt and weeds. A hillside covered in trees and bushes can be seen in the background. "Ferry began operation in 1849 but is no longer used as the river has changed its course and a bridge has been built".

Asset Metadata

Title View of Robinson's Ferry landing at the Stanislaus River in Melones, ca.1930

Subject Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Calaveras County -- Melones (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Calaveras (counties), California (states), Melones (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13974

Identifier 20237 (accession number), CHS-20237 (call number), CHS-20237 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13443 (legacy record id), chs-m13974 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14131 (legacy record id), 1-112-161 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13443

Unique identifier UC137477

Legacy Identifier CHS-20237.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.3 cm × 41.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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View of the new bridge across the Stanislaus River for the mother lode highway at the site of the old Robinson's Ferry crossing of 1849, Melones, ca.1930