Title:
[Freeman's Crossing, Middle Fork, Yuba River.]
Abstract:
View of small mining town showing several buildings at right with townspeople, horses and dogs standing nearby. Small bridge
(Freeman's Crossing) over river at left with worked out mining area along river bank. Freeman's Crossing was located about
a half mile below where Oregon Creek flows into the Yuba and about a mile and a half northwest of North San Juan (Calif.).
The first bridge was built by Thomas Hess in 1851, rebuilt in 1852, and sold to Thomas Freeman in 1854.
Date:
1856
Subject:
Gold mines and mining
Buildings
Cities and towns
Mining districts--California--Yuba River--Photographs
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 10 x 13.1 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Note in early hand (formerly attached to cover glass): Freeman's
Crossing, Middle Yuba 1856. Accompanying typed note from [California] State Librarian giving location and brief history of
Freeman's Crossing.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular
(double elliptical).;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.4 x 12.2
cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif. Notes: spine label - 729 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:076--CASE
Filename:
brk00040061_8a.tif
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