Finding Aid to the Group of Miners daguerreotype DAG 9G

Jaime Henderson, 2018

California Historical Society

October 2018

678 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: California Historical Society

Title: Group of miners

Identifier/Call Number: DAG 9G

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Date (inclusive): circa 1850s

Scope and Content

One whole-plate daguerreotype measuring 15.5 x 20.5 cm. Plate has been enclosed in a contemporary mount. Group portrait of nine miners, all men. Four men stand at back, five men sit at front. Man at front right holds a book; two men sitting at front hold mining equipment, including a shovel. Portrait was probably taken between 1849 and 1860.

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Conditions Governing Use

Materials in this collection are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]; Group of miners, 1849-1860, DAG 9G; California Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gold miners -- California

Group portraits

Daguerreotypes