Object number:
H96.54.1A
Object name:
photograph; photograph album
Title:
Kennett, California
Date made:
circa 1917
Material / Technique:
paper | gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 5 in, W: 7 in
Credit line:
Gift of Esther Prosser in memory of Dwayne Clemmons
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Aerial view of Mammoth Smelter in Kennett, California showing the smoking stacks and the railroad cars. Photograph album of Kennett, California and the copper smelter that operated there. Kennett is now under water in what is now known as Lake Shasta. The city and smelter was flooded in 1937 upon the completion of Shasta Dam.
Concepts:
aerial view; railroad car; smokestack
Places:
Mammoth Smelter; Kennett, California
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