A landscape-format carte de visite of Black Bear Mine, identified and dated 1868 on the reverse, showing men, saddle horses, and a wagon beneath a wooded hillside.
Landscape-format carte de visite of Black Bear Mine, identified by a handwritten inscription reading “Black Bear Mine / 1868 / Klamath Co Cal.” Men with saddle horses and a horse-drawn wagon occupy a rough track beneath a wooded hillside. Timber structures stand against the exposed slopes, and loose stone covers the foreground. The warm-toned photograph is mounted on a cream card with a gold-colored ruled border and light edge wear.
- Medium
- CDV
- Subject
- California, Mining, Occupational, Outdoor Scene
- Condition
- Light edge and corner wear to the card, with small scuffs along the ruled border. Scattered fine pale marks are visible on the photograph, particularly in the darker upper portion. The reverse shows light yellow-brown spotting and gray surface smudges; the handwritten inscription remains clear.
- Catalogue no.
- MCDV903
