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Lantern slides of the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project on the South Fork of the American River in California
Title
[Lantern slides of the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project on the South Fork of the American River in California].
Production
[San Francisco, California], [1921-1922]
Physical Description
74 photographs : transparencies, black and white ; 82 x 101 mm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Numbers and dates inscribed in many of the images.
Inscriptions in English.
Provenance
Purchased from F. A. Bernett Books, Inc., on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2016.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Tam Slide Film Company, also known as the Tam Slide Company and Tam Film Company, was a manufacturer of lantern slides in San Francisco, California, 1918-1922.
The Western States Gas and Electric Company incorporated in November 1910 and operated steam and hydroelectric plants in central and northern California. In 1927, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company acquired the Company.
The El Dorado Hydroelectric Project is located on the South Fork of the American River and its tributaries, and on Echo Creek, a tributary to the Upper Truckee River, in California. The project consists of several high-mountain reservoirs, an intake dam, and a 22-mile-long canal to a fore bay reservoir as well as a wood-stave pipe and steel penstock leading to a powerhouse.
Summary
Lantern slides published by the Tam Slide Film Company that document the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project on the South Fork of the American River in California constructed by the Western States Gas and Electric Company, 1921-1922. Images show construction and construction equipment, including tractors manufactured by the Caterpillar Tractor Company and steam shovels manufactured by the Bucyrus Company.
The collection includes two lantern slides made by Edward H. Kemp of San Francisco, California, with inscriptions on affixed labels. These images include a diagram that compares the height of the Lake Spaulding Dam on the South Yuba River, California, to the Oakland City Hall and a view of dairy cattle.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2016
References
Tam Slide Film Company, Lantern Slides of the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project on the South Fork of the American River in California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Tam Slide Film Company, Lantern Slides of the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project on the South Fork of the American River in California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Genre/Form
Lantern slides.
Photographs.
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