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This sepia-toned, oval-shaped photograph depicts a long, low wooden trestle bridge spanning a shallow, dry slough in a flat landscape. The bridge features a complex network of diagonal and vertical timber supports forming several spans. On the left side of the trestle, a small, dark rectangular structure or platform is visible, and several people in 19th-century attire are positioned along the top rail of the bridge and the adjacent flat ground. The surrounding terrain is barren with sparse, low-lying vegetation under a pale, clear sky. In the upper center of the image, the capitalized text "YOLO BASE LINE." is printed on the mounting board. To the left of the oval photograph, a vertical grayscale color calibration strip

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Title
Measuring across one of the sloughs. "Dry Sl ough" Trestle, 115 feet long, 22 feet high at footpath, 25 feet at rail.
Full Collection Name
Photographs of the Yolo Base Line, California, 1881
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1980.025:08--AX
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The Bancroft Library
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Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .

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