Man standing among boulders

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Description (Brief):

mounted b&w photograph; man standing among rocky landscape; signed by William Henry Holmes on verso. Handwritten on verso: "Trough of old [undeciphered] diggings, showing gravel bluffs and great granite boulders of ancient river and uncovered by the miners. Nevada City, Cal. W. H. Holmes. 1898"

Date Made: 1898

Maker: Holmes, William Henry

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Landscape

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2015.0076.0047Catalog Number: 2015.0076.0047Accession Number: 2015.0076

Object Name: photograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 7/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 16.51 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7ace-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1821042

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