Pictorial lettersheet with two lithograph views, the first depicts miners drinking and playing cards in a mining camp bar room, while the second view depicts miners at work with sluice called "Long Tom.'
Alternative Title:
Long Tom
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 407: Imperfect? Integral blank leaf wanting, although Baird makes no mention of this leaf., Caption title., Issued with integral blank leaf., Upper right corner: "10.", and "The artwork appears to be by J.D. Borthwick, a Scottish artist ..."--Sloan.
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Frontier and pioneer life, Mining camps, and Miners
Photographs of California, Oregon, and Arizona, including views in San Francisco of the Palace Hotel, the residence of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Golden Gate Park, Cliff House, Sutro Heights, the Seal Rocks, and the New City Hall, and views of Lake Tahoe, Santa Monica, Monterey, and San Gabriel. In Yosemite, the Nevada Fall, the Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Half Dome, and the Upper Geyser Basin are all depicted. Views in Oregon and Arizona include Indian Block Houses on the Upper Cascades of the Columbia River, and a desert scene with a group of cacti
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Advertisement on verso of some mounts for Watkins' Portrait and Landscape Photography. Manuscript captions on verso of some mounts.
Publisher:
Watkins
Subject (Geographic):
Yosemite National Park (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), California, and Columbia River
