Two scenes of mining life. In the top scene, three miners, one of whom may be African-American, sit around a table in a cabin while a fourth miner weighs a small amount of gold. In the bottom scene, miners and their pack animals walk along a hilly trail and beside an enormous tree
Description:
Title from captions at bottom of each image. and "7"--Upper right corner.
A sheet with two vignettes. The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front," shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration, with caption "Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe June 14th" ("Committe" having dropped the final "e"), shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet., The phrase "Daguer'pe. by Vance" appears in lower left corner, suggesting that at least one of the images, and perhaps both, was drawn from a daguerreotype by early California photographer Robert H. Vance., Unnumbered pages 2-3 blank., and "Constitution and address of the Vigilance Committee ... adopted, May 15th, 1856"--Unnumbered page 4.
Publisher:
Britton and Rey
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
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
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
A sheet divided by a "frame" of trees into a top image, two lower side images, and a lower blank space for a written message. In the top image, a group of miners in a forest clearing work at two "long tom" sluices spanning a stream, with a few small buildings in the background. The lower side images consist of a standing prospector, equipped with shovel, pickaxe, and pan, and a seated Native American
Description:
Title from caption below top image.
Publisher:
Justh, Quirot & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, Gold panning, and Indians of North America
Six vignettes show the flumes (and their surrounding landscape) constructed by the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company to deliver water to miners and other customers
Alternative Title:
Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Co.
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by F. Holtzmann, L. Nagel, print, and Kuchel & Dresel's Lith. 176 Clay St. S.F.
A sheet with four untitled vignettes. In the upper left, one miner pans for gold while another watches; in the upper right, two miners operate a primitive hoist over a mine shaft; in the lower left, three miners interact during prospecting; in the lower right, two miners relax outside their tent, one cooking over a fire while the other smokes
Description:
Title from Baird. and "20"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Lith. of Britton & Rey, California St. corn. Montgomer St. S-Francisco
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Gold mines and mining
