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...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm.
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
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...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries
John Sutter's account of James W. Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill is accompanied by two large illustrations: a profile portrait of Marshall titled "Portait of Mr. Marshal, taken from nature at the time when he made the discovery of gold ...
Alternative Title:
Captain Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
Cartes-de-visite photographs created primarily by photographers in San Francisco and northern California, ca. 1855-1895. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting children, women, and men, in single, couple, and group sittings. Individuals in the...
Description:
Digital version available;
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Abell, Frank George, Jr., 1844-1910., Bailey, A. P., Baldwin, John E. D., Bayley, Wilbur Fisk., Bluett, William H., Bradley, Henry William, 1813-1891., Brown, T. A., photographer., Bryan, John M., Chalmers, James Calder, Jr., Clayton, James Atkins, 1831-1896., Cobb, David., Coombs, Frederick, 1803-1874., Coughlan, Tom., Crawford, Ellison Lassell, 1833-1895., Currier, Amos., Denier, Tony, 1839?-1917., Dunham, Allen Murray, ca. 1834-ca. 1924., Dunham, Murry., Edouart, Alexander, 1818-1892., Fardon, George Robinson, 1807-1886., Flaglor, Amasa Plummer, 1848-1918., Foss, Oscar., Frye, H. H., Gaines, Flave H., Godeus, John D., Halsey, Henry H., Halsey, Isaac Sherwood, 1828-1895., Hamilton, Charles F., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., Jenkins, Clara., Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875., Johnston, Amasa Park, ca. 1837-1931., Kellogg, Andrew J., Kingsley, John Lucas, ca. 1939-1869., Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893., Kruse, Henry., Kusel, Edward Abraham., Lainer, Charles., Lathrop, Frank Henry., Lawrence, George S., Lichau, Henrietta., Lowe, Joseph P., Mains, James Riley., Marston, Charles Albert., Mautz, Carl., Morse, George Daniels., Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904., Noble, Skelton Sanford., Olanie, Eugenie., Prindle, Edward H., Rixford, Emmett H., Ross, George, 1832-1893., Rulofson, William Herman, 1826-1878., Sanders, Stephen Poole., Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885., Shew, Jacob, 1826-1879., Shew, William J., 1820-1903., Silva, Joseph Trinidad., Smith, James Girard, 1836-, Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917., Stevens, B. F., Stinson, Lewis Jackson., Stone, George F., Taber, I. W. 1830-1912. (Isaiah West),, Todd, John A., 1827-1899., Valleau, George W., Vaughn, Hector William., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Welsh, John Oliver, ca. 1840-ca. 1913., Winberg, John A., Winter, Daniel., Winter, Robert, ca. 1821-1893., Wise, James H., 1812-, Wolfe, Samuel Augustus., Yong, Lai., Abell & Welsh., Bayley & Winter., Bluett & Fardon., Bradley & Rulofson., Brown & Otto., City Mart Photographic Gallery., Currier & Winter., Dunham & Lathrop., Edouart & Cobb., Foss & Halsey., Freemasons, Hamilton & Kellogg., Hoebel & Luther., Houston's Excelsior Gallery., I. W. Taber & Company., Mains & Von Hasseln., Peoples Art Gallery., and Sanders & Stinson.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Asian Americans, Photographers, Circus performers, Dolls, Dwarfs (Persons), Giants (Folklore), Miners, Musicians, Sailors, Soldiers, and Tall people
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 litho...
Description:
Title from caption at top of images.
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California and San Francisco.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Mines and mineral resources, Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, and Gambling
A sheet showing 5 vignettes, 2 of which have captions. At upper left is an allegorical female figure of Agriculture; at upper right is an allegorical female figure representing the United States; at lower left is a clipper ship at sea in full sail wit...
Alternative Title:
Challenge, Californier clipper and Challenge, California clipper
Description:
Title from captions below 2 of sheet's 5 vignettes.
A group of Chinese men in traditional attire stand and sit around a table, smoking and apparently gambling, with two Chinese women standing in a nearby doorway
