View from the levee at Yuba City, Sutter County

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Photographs of the effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties

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Title: View from the levee at Yuba City, Sutter County
Creator: Todd, John A., 1827-1899
Date: 1883 June 19
Identifier: PC-RM-Todd_013
Historical note: In 1882 J.A. Todd was commissioned to take photographs documenting damaging effects of hydraulic mining to be used in the case of Edwards Woodruff v. the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company.
General note(s): Written on mount: Complainants Exhibit Todd No. 13 No. 2900 U.S. Circuit Court, Cal. Edwards Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. et al. Filed September 12, 1883 L.S.B. Sawyer, Clerk.
Written on mount: View from the levee at Yuba City, Sutter County, looking east up the Yuba River towards Marysville. Feather River in the foreground, and sand bar below the mouth of the Yuba.
Genre: Photographs
Albumen prints
Physical description: 1 photograph : albumen print, mount 36 x 56 cm
Preferred citation: View from the levee at Yuba City, Sutter County, 1883 June 19; Photographs of the effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties, PC-RM-Todd; California Historical Society.
Rights statement: No Known Copyright
Publication rights: Materials in this collection, which were created between 1882-1900, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Topical subject(s): Environmental degradation
Hydraulic mining
Levees
Yuba River (Calif.)
Named subject(s): Sawyer, Lorenzo, 1820-1891
Woodruff, Edwards
North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company
Geographical subject(s): Yuba City (Calif.)
Sutter County (Calif.)
Feather River (Calif.)
Collection identifier: PC-RM-Todd