Title:
View of James Town, south mines [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer (lithographer)
Cooke & Le Count (active ca. 1852), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0167--A
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
22.3 x 28.7 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Small mining town situated along creek; numerous miners at work in foreground and in center; dirt mounds from mining activity
along stream.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published & sold by Cooke & Lecount, Montgomery St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Lith.
by Justh & Quirot Jackson St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten in German (on verso).
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Environmental degradation;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Mining;
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets