Title:
California gold diggers, mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
Creator/Contributor:
Kelloggs & Comstock (1849-1852), American, publisher (publisher)
Ensign & Thayer (active ca. 1847-ca. 1851), undetermined (undetermined)
Date:
[between 1849 and 1852]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0266--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
24.4 x 34 cm.
Content/Description:
Diverse crowd of men (including Indians and Afro-Americans) and one elder woman at work along busy river bank. Miners use
various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles and wear costumes reflecting their backgrounds. Mining
camp and rolling hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St[reet], New York & 136 Main St[reet], Hartford, Conn.;
(LC, below title): 370; (LR): Ensign & Thayer, 12 Exchange St[reet], Buffalo. Date based on active dates of publisher. For
variant see 1963.002:0471--C.
Subjects:
Afro-Americans;
California, Northern;
Clothing & dress;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Indians of North America;
Miners;
Mining;
Rivers;
Sacramento (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color