- Published / Created:
- [between 1848 and 1850?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs and Comstock and Ensign and Thayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento River (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, Indians of North America, African Americans, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1859?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 393 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
- Alternative Title:
- Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Lith & published by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1859?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 393 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
- Alternative Title:
- Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Lith & published by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 428
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 429
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures