Content/DescriptionRight reading image of a gold mining site with wooden river diversion structure in background. Numerous men work in the riverbed, with wheelbarrows along a plank structure at left.
Details
Title
[Riverbed gold mining, Mother Lode.]
Published
ca. 1854
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 7.4 x 9.8 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical, roughly cut down). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and housed separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 11.8 cm. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: spine label - 659 (from prior owner). Top and bottom are different motifs. Case, mat, and preserver may not be contemporary with image.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Gold Rush Ambrotype Scene. 18 miners at work in the Mother Lode, digging for gold. Notice interesting equipment. About 1854.</physfacet>;;;
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