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Castle Crag,CA - Shasta County - c1895 - Bailey's Place Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Castle Crag,CA - Shasta County - c1895 - Bailey's Place Photograph :
A view of railroad construction at Bailey's Place with Castle Crags in the background. Cabinet card measuring 7 1/2 x 4 1/2", mounted on dark brown cardstock measuring 8 1/4 x 5". Contrast is low to medium while focus is sharp. Several scratches and spots are noted on both the image and around the edge of the cardstock. The photographer is identified as "A.H. Green, Castle Crag, Cal." Green was active in Vina from 1891-93 and Castle Crag c1895 (Ref: Mautz). "Railroad at Bailey's place," RR construction," and "Crags from Baileys" all written by the same hand in pencil on reverse. The image has buildings used for railroad construction in the foreground with a wooded hill rising up from behind it. Castle Crags, in the Shasta/Siskiyou County area, dominate the background. They are located six miles south of Dunsmuir, and feature granite spires and about two miles of the upper Sacramento River and Castle Creek. Elevations rise to more than 6,000 feet at the top of the Crags (Ref: shastahome.org).