Content/DescriptionRight reading, group portrait of townspeople(men, women, and children) taken in the street. Building and storefronts are to one side, mining works are on the other, a few trees are in the back. A group of men is sitting at a table playing cards, some are standing and drinking. One man holds a gun. One man is smoking a cigar. There is a dog, a horse and a colt[?] Some people are dressed in their best clothes, others are wearing work clothes.
Title
[Street with large crowd of miners, women, children and animals in Sierraville, California.] [Possibly photographed by O.B. Silver.]
Published
ca. 1855
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:087--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 9.7 x 13 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Tentative attribution to O.B. Silver by Peter Palmquist, based upon the locale, format (half plate ambrotype) and presentation (preserver only, lacking mat).
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum-coated backing paper. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - grapes. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed urn and scroll motif. Notes: spine label - 701 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) giving a description of the image. Note also states: One of miners is named Tipton Rader, from Ottumwa, Iowa.</physfacet>;;;
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