Crescent City, California Logging and Mining Photography Collection
Scope and Contents
Nine photographic prints, each appoximately 6 x 10 inches.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1910
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Historical Note
Cresent City in northern California is located near the Oregon border on the edge of California's redwood forests and near the Smith River. During the early part of the twentieth century this area had thriving mining and forestry industries. This small set of photographs by an unidentified photographer document logging and mining in the Cresent City region around 1910.
Extent
.16 cubic feet, 9 photographs (1 box)
Abstract
A small collection of nine photographs by an anonymous photographer documenting the logging and mining industries in and around Crescent City, California at the beginning of the 20th century.
Physical Location
Special Collections
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Lewis & Clark College in 2012. Purchase record b18378262.
Processing Information
Processed in 2012 and housed in acid-free container.
- Title
- Guide to the Crescent City, California Logging and Mining Photography Collection ca. 1910
- Author
- Dana Bronson
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository