Celestial empire in California

Description

Title: Celestial empire in California
Contributor: Britton & Rey, lithographer, publisher.
Published / Created: [185-]
Publication Place: San Francisco and United States California San Francisco
Publisher: Britton & Rey
Abstract: Unused pictorial letter sheet. Upper illustration entitled "Miners" shows Chinese doing daily chores and eating outside camp tents. Lower illustration entitled "Gamblers" shows Chinese gambling around a table. Miners is a mirror image of an 1857 lithograph by J.D. Borthwick entitled "Chinese camp in the mines."
Description: Title from caption at top of images.
Extent: 1 sheet : 27 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Stationery California San Francisco
Lithographs
Material: lithograph, b&w ;, paper, ink, and lithography
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): California
San Francisco.
Subject (Topic): Chinese
Mines and mineral resources
Gold mines and mining
Miners
Gold miners
Gambling
Subjects: Chinese > California > Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources > California > Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining > California > Pictorial works
Miners > California > Pictorial works
Gold miners > California > Pictorial works
Gambling > California > Pictorial works
Chinese
Miners
Mines and mineral resources
California > San Francisco

Access: Public
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