Title:
[Mining scene in rocky diggings near Lincoln, California, with 39 miners.]
Creator/Contributor:
Shew, William, 1820-1903, photographer
Abstract:
View of thirty-nine miners working in rocky riverbed. Some mining equipment visible (cradles, shovels, and a structure at
left). Figure in white suspenders has been identified as William Pickett.
Date:
[ca. 1849-1855]
Subject:
Men
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Carriages & coaches
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Mining districts--California--Placer County--Lincoln--Photographs
Note:
Attributed to William Shew by collector Zelda Mackay. No evidence is present, and her assigned date of 1849 (itself suspect)
is prior to Shew's 1851 arrival in California.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 10.2 x 13.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">"Accompanying note (handwritten, by collector Zelda Mackay):
Rare daguerreotype of 1849 showing California Placer gold mine near "Hangtown," now known as Placerville. The tall man on
the right with the white suspenders is Wm. Pickett, kin of Gen. George E. Pickett, famous Confederate General of Civil War.
Wm. Pickett came to Calif. In '49 and settled near Lincoln. By Wm. Shew.";;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component
parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral
- variant of The Delicate Roses (Rinhart no. 125). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 15 cm. Pad: pink silk.
Notes: spine label: 495 (from prior owner). Case appears to be earlier and may not be original to image.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:075--CASE
Filename:
brk00040060_8a.tif
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