Title:
[Mines at Forest City, in gully below main street, with miners pausing near trestles, and ore carts.]
Abstract:
Wrong-reading view looking from gully uphill towards buildings above. Miners and men of town stand on wooden trestles near
ore carts.
Date:
[ca. 1855-1860]
Subject:
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Cities and towns
Mining districts--California--Sierra County--Forest--Photographs
Note:
Presever and mat possibly not original to image.
Type:
Ambrotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 8.3 x 11.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for / Worcester
Mass No. 37.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear
glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: ornately decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - arabesque scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 15.1 cm. Pad:
blue velvet with embossed motif.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1986.017:003--CASE
Filename:
brk00040299_8a.tif
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