Title:
[Five riverbed miners in a rocky gulch in the Motherlode.]
Abstract:
Mining scene showing 5 men working with shovels and a pulley system to lift large boulders. Two of the workmen's shirts have
decorative buttons[?] on the front.
Date:
[ca. 1850-1853]
Subject:
Men
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Cabins
Tools
Mining districts--California--Photographs
Note:
Identified as "Hard Rock Miners" by collector, this misleading title may have been used in publications or exhibitions in
the past. It is clearly a riverbed or placer mining scene, and not "hard-rock" mining, which implies underground tunnelling.
Also, the noted date of 1849 almost certainly refers to the gold rush of '49 in a general sense rather than an exact image
date.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 8.7 x 12 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">"Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay):
Five Gold Rush Miners in the Mother Lode. California, 1849. [In different ink:] "Hard Rock" miners.";;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver:
decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions:
15.2 x 12.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 503 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:079--CASE
Filename:
brk00040064_8a.tif
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[Five riverbed miners in a rocky gulch in the Motherlode.]
