Content/DescriptionWorkers, holding pick axes and shovels, stop to pose.
Title
[River bed mining scene with seven miners under a sluice network.]
Published
1855-1858
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1983.157--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 8.3 x 11.3 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Although not signed or attributed, general appearance and subject matter suggest that George Howard Johnson may be the photographer.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: garments slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative. Seal: original.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: The Music Lyre (Berg no. 4-5). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.3 x 12.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.</physfacet>;;;
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