Caption

View of Brush Dam in North Bloomfield, California, Brush Dam, North Bloomfield Company, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'For impounding tailings. Dam is in the washed-out ground. It is sixty-five feet high, and is raised as the tailings accumulate. The impounded tailings may, be seen in the artotype.', North Bloomfield, c. 1885 - in or before 1890, North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 110 mm x width 180 mm, mine, A sepia-toned landscape photograph showing a wide river or reservoir stretching between steep, rocky banks with layered cliffs on one side and a rugged, rubble-strewn foreground on the other, the shoreline appearing uneven and eroded, with a high rim of cliffs displaying vertical striations and sloping faces, a treeline visible along the far ridge above the cliffs, scattered rocks and boulders in the foreground, and a generally overcast or hazy sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B02_169

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42.9Mb (9.4Mb) / 15.6in x 10.7in / 4670 x 3211 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Brush Dam North Bloomfield California North Bloomfield Company page photomechanical print inscription impounding tailings Dam washed- ground sixty-five feet high raised tailings accumulate impounded tailings artotype c 1885 - 1890 North America paper collotype photoprint height 110 mm x width 180 mm mine sepia-toned landscape photograph showing wide river reservoir stretching steep rocky banks layered cliffs side rugged rubble-strewn foreground shoreline appearing uneven eroded high rim cliffs displaying vertical striations sloping faces treeline visible far ridge scattered rocks boulders foreground generally overcast hazy sky