Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of A.J. Doolittle, standing, wearing miner's shirt, plaid trousers, and broad-brimmed hat. His arm rests on a plinth that holds two "gold pokes"; two small bags, with gold nuggets displayed. The breast pocket of his work shirt appears to contain maps or account books, and he wears a two-piece round belt buckle common among California gold miners.
Title
[Alonzo J. Doolittle in miner's clothing with a bag of gold]
Published
between 1850 and 1855
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 2005.071:01--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Biographical NoteBorn in Vermont, Alonzo J. Doolittle was a surveyor who came to California in the gold rush. He mapped the gold fields of California and is known to have published several western maps in the 1860s. In 1875 he died on board the S.S. Pacific, which sank after departing Victoria, B.C.
<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric sunburst. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.3 cm. Pad: red (or faded purple) velvet with floral urn motif.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored, some intentional etching over gold nuggets. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;
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