Title:

[Street with large crowd of miners, women, children and animals in Sierraville, California.] [Possibly photographed by O.B. Silver.]

Description:

Right reading, group portrait of townspeople(men, women, and children) taken in the street. Building and storefronts are to one side, mining works are on the other, a few trees are in the back. A group of men is sitting at a table playing cards, some are standing and drinking. One man holds a gun. One man is smoking a cigar. There is a dog, a horse and a colt[?] Some people are dressed in their best clothes, others are wearing work clothes.

Creator/Contributor:

Silver, O. B., photographer

Date:

[ca. 1855]

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library