Title:
Celestial empire in California: Miners/Gamblers
Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0011--A
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
27.2 x 21.4 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Upper image: mining camp scene with Chinese men eating, shaving and braiding hair, and working with picks, etc. Lower image:
interior of gambling house with several tables surrounded by Chinese men; games in progress.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Lith. & published by Britton & Rey; (LR): Corn[e]r Mont[gomer]y & Cal[iforni]a St[reet]s,
San Francisco. Printed captions.
Subjects:
Camping;
Chinese;
Gold rushes;
Manners & customs;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets