KUCHEL Charles and Emil DRESEL. Scotts' Bar and French Bar, on Scotts River Siskiyou County, California, 1856. San Francisco: Britton and Rey for J.M.C. Jones, 1856.
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KUCHEL Charles and Emil DRESEL. Scotts' Bar and French Bar, on Scotts River Siskiyou County, California, 1856. San Francisco: Britton and Rey for J.M.C. Jones, 1856.

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KUCHEL Charles and Emil DRESEL. Scotts' Bar and French Bar, on Scotts River Siskiyou County, California, 1856. San Francisco: Britton and Rey for J.M.C. Jones, 1856.

Tinted lithograph, image 455 x 700 mm. (465 x 710 sheet). Two birds-eye views surrounded by 25 views. (1/2 in. triangular chip to mostly blank portion at lower right affecting a few letters, light browning, two corners with tiny chips, light staining to lower blank margin.) Framed.
Kuchel and Dresel birds-eye view of Scotts Bar and French Bar, two Gold Rush towns depicted a few years after the discovery of gold. The border surrounding the views shows individual buildings and sights including: "U.S. Bakery," "Meat Market," "French Bar Hotel," and a "Billiard Saloon." Reps 406.