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Andrew J. Russell — Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R.

Andrew J. Russell

Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R.

1868

Among the earliest photographic records of industrial mining in California, Russell's image documents the destructive power of hydraulic gold extraction that transformed the Sierra Nevada landscape during the Gold Rush era.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. XXX from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

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Andrew J. Russell, Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R., 1868

Among the earliest photographic records of industrial mining in California, Russell's image documents the destructive power of hydraulic gold extraction that transformed the Sierra Nevada landscape during the Gold Rush era.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. XXX from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)
Year
1868
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Industrial, Mining, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, American, 1860s, California, Landscape

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