Photo of Placerville citizens at telegraph office
Photograph -- Black-and-White Photograph
Identifier:
1987.26.11Description
Black and white photo of four individuals in front of Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Placerville, Co.Individuals are identified as telegraph operator Ray Peterson, Amanda Flo Welbon, clerk Roy Haley and agent Charles M. Welbon. Amanda is standing in one of the individual's laps, everyone else is sitting against platform.
"This semiphore is the one on the ghost town depot at Berry Farm in California" written on photo, possibly referring to the metal attachment coming from the roof.