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Skidoo in Death Valley

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Order Number	00073752
Title	Skidoo in Death Valley
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 9174 5x7
Date	1908
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Death Valley's gold mining camp, Skiddo. In it's heyday in 1907, the town had a newspaper, a bank, a school, a brothel, telephone service, and at least one saloon. It was prosperous for less than two years and had a population of 500. The town is surrounded by mountains.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	Gold mines and mining--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). Mountains--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). California--Gold discoveries. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection