View of the Oustomah gold mine in Nevada City, 1907

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Photograph of a view of the Oustomah gold mine in Nevada City, 1907. A rocky hill littered with bushes sits in the foreground while a dark, wooden structure sits behind it on the left. The structure is covered and leads up a dirt hill to a skeletal walkway on top. The walkway leads through the tall trees to a house-like building on the right. Trees can be seen next to both structures.

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Title View of the Oustomah gold mine in Nevada City, 1907

Alternative Description Oustomah gold mine in Nevada City, 1907

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1907

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Nevada County -- Nevada City (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Nevada (counties), Nevada City (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1907

Type images

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

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-m20682

Identifier 46305 (accession number), CHS-46305 (call number), CHS-46305 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24662 (legacy record id), chs-m20682 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14169 (legacy record id), 1-112-256 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24662

Unique identifier UC130753

Legacy Identifier CHS-46305.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 41.5 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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