Title:
[Near Nevada City, 1852]
Creator/Contributor:
Starkweather, Joseph B., photographer (attributed to) (photographer)
Date:
[ca. 1852]
Identifier:
DAG-0105
Format:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 2 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.
Content/Description:
View of ten miners standing on or near a sluice on a hillside; large log at right; cabins in
background.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 4 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. Pad: embossed red faux-velvet. Notes:
case unhinged.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: MINES & MINING: GOLD: SCENES FROM DAGUERREOTYPES #6: NEAR NEVADA CITY, 1852. C
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Photograph File under "Mines & mining: Gold: Scenes from Daguerreotypes #6:
Near Nevada City, 1852". Accession #s 1994-0341 through 1994-0343 and 2000-0122 through 2000-0125.
Negatives, No. 915 (4 x 5 in.) B/W, and 26,272a-f (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
General Note:
Neg. 915
Subjects:
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering).
Cabins--California.
Sluices--California--Nevada County.
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Gold mining--California--Nevada County.
Gold miners--California--Nevada County.
Gold mining.
Gold Miners.
Genre/Format:
Landscapes.
Portraits.
Daguerreotypes.