An interesting tidbit ...

found online at the Library of Congress here.

The cover of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 9 1876 edition.



Caption:

Election day in the mining regions - Scene on Main Street, Dutch Flat, Placer County, on the morning of November 7th.
From a photograph by Houseworth & Co., San Francisco. - See page 235.

Added 2/25/2009 - the source for the woodcut above: Lawrence & Houseworth #825 - Main Street, Dutch Flat, Placer County







Election day in the mining regions - Scene on Main Street, Dutch Flat, Placer County, on the morning of November 7th.





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