File:Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA HAER CAL,14-DVNM,4- (sheet 2 of 8).tif

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HAER CAL,14-DVNM,4- (sheet 2 of 8) - Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
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Old Dinah; Furnace Creek Museum; Harmony Borax Works; Winters, Aaron; Perry, J W, S; Stiles, Edward; Mather, Stephen T; Pacific Coast Borax Company; Parkinson, Bill; Christianson, Justine, transmitter; Croteau, Todd, project manager; Grogan, Brian, photographer; Flores, Roland, delineator; Lockett, Dana, delineator
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HAER CAL,14-DVNM,4- (sheet 2 of 8) - Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Depicted place California; Inyo County; Death Valley Junction
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER CAL,14-DVNM,4- (sheet 2 of 8)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designed to carry borax across the desert from the borax source to the Mojave station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, reveal adaptations to the harsh environment of Death Valley. They had large wagon wheels to traverse the rough terrain. The rear water wagons were another adaptation, essential since there was no water available for long stretches of the journey to the Mojave station. Culturally, the wagons represent the American west and the pioneering miners who became icons of both masculinity and the quest for material wealth. The dissemination of the image of the twenty mule team borax wagons as an advertising icon long after they had ceased to be used reveals the power of advertising symbols and the reliance on images to market brands.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N972
  • Survey number: HAER CA-301
  • Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca3104.sheet.00002a
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Camera location36° 18′ 07.99″ N, 116° 24′ 46.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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