Whitlatch album of photographs and clippings concerning mining in Montana [graphic].

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Title: Whitlatch album of photographs and clippings concerning mining in Montana [graphic].
Published / Created: 1864-1905, bulk 1865-1867.
Abstract: Scrapbook containing photographs and articles concerning mines owned or operated by James Whitlatch in various regions of Montana and New Mexico. Views include the Whitlatch Union Mine and the Park Gold Mines, worker housing, views of Helena, Montana, scenery in Montana and Utah, and scenes of Salt Lake City. The last several pages of the album are devoted to unidentified cartes-de-visite portraits. The clippings follow the mining career and social activities of James Whitlatch through the 1900s
Description: 51 photographs are 25.4 x 19.4 cm. or smaller and 34 cartes-de-visite are 5.6 x 8.6 cm. or smaller. Most of the photographs are accompanied by manuscript or letterpress captions. Included with the photographs are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, trade advertisements, and one drawing of Eugene Whitlatch. A Montana Society of New York program is also included in the scrapbook, in which the name Elijah Woodward is written.
Accompanied by a list of photographs.
Provenance: Purchased from Peter Decker on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1967.
Extent: 1 scrapbook (85 photographic prints) : 22.0 x 28.6 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Scrapbooks
Photographic prints
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Montana
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name): Whitlatch, James W.
Whitlatch Union Mine (Mont.)
Montana Society of New York.
Park Gold Mines (Mont.)
Subject (Topic): Mineral industries
Subjects: Whitlatch, James W.
Whitlatch Union Mine (Mont.)
Montana Society of New York
Park Gold Mines (Mont.)
Mineral industries > Montana > Pictorial works
Salt Lake City (Utah) > Pictorial works
Montana > Pictorial works

Access: Public
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Citation: Whitlatch album of photographs and clippings concerning mining in Montana. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.