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Mining life in California
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Title:
Mining life in CaliforniaHarper's weekly
Abstract:
Two tear sheets with prints illustrating article on lifestyle of gold miners in California. Subjects of illustrations include
Chinese miners, miners cooking over campfire in mountains, miners dancing, and miners playing gambling card games Monte and
Faro.
Date:
1857 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMiners -- California -- Pictorial works
Gold miners -- California -- Pictorial works
Chinese -- California -- Pictorial works
Gold miners -- California -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Card games -- California -- Pictorial works
Gambling -- California -- Periodicals
Gamblers -- California -- Pictorial works
Mineurs -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Chinois -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Jeux de cartes -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Jeux de hasard -- Californie -- Périodiques
Joueurs (Jeux de hasard) -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Card games
Chinese
Gamblers
Gambling
Gold miners
Gold miners -- Social life and customs
Miners
California
Note:
Artist unknown.
Tear sheets from Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1857 (p. 631-634). Sheets include text from article: Mining Life in California.
Type:
graphicPeriodicals.
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:
print
5 prints (on 2 tear sheets) : b&w ; 40 x 29 cm
Language:
English