Camp at lower garden, San Bernardino Borax Mining Company, 1880

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Title: Camp at lower garden, San Bernardino Borax Mining Company, 1880
Contributor: Payne, Stanton & Co. (Creator)
Date: 1880
Identifier: MSP-1933_013
General note(s): Title from item.
Written on back in pencil: "John W. Searles - piped the water in over the mountains and planted the fruit and vegetable garden for himself - raised melons - vegetables - and marvelous figs - and other fruits - This was the one fertile spot on the desert for miles around" ; "Garden was seven (7) miles from the Borax Works, 2700 feet, 2 acres - of apples, pears, grapes, peaches and figs. - vegetables"
Written on back in ink: "Dennis Searles"Written on front in pencil: (arrow pointing to man with horse in photograph) "John W. Searles" Written on front in ink: "Taken 1880"
Genre: Photographs
Albumen prints
Physical description: 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen; 28 x 23 cm
Preferred citation: Camp at lower garden, San Bernardino Borax Mining Company, 1880; Dennis Searles photographs, MSP 1933; California Historical Society.
Rights statement: No Known Copyright
Publication rights: This item is in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required. Upon request, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
Topical subject(s): Borax Mining Company
Geographical subject(s): San Bernardino (Calif.)
Finding Aid: null
Collection identifier: MSP 1933