Title:
The Volcano golddiggings, California
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Herrmann, J. Meyer (active ca. 1854), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0248--A
Format:
print on paper: engraving
20.4 x 24.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Encampment with simple wooden house at left, and tents in distance and at right; two men digging with picks, one warming by
fire. Tall rock in middleground, hills in distance, scene flanked by pine trees and vegetation.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature; (LR): For the proprietor Herrmann J. Meyer; (LL): Published for Herrmann
J. Meyer, 164 William Str[eet], New York; (LR): Copyright secured to act of Congress.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Camping;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Engravings