Search

You Searched For

Search Results

1.
Dismounting on summit of Funeral Range : looking down Death Valley, Cal

Creator:
Larss, P. E. (Per Edward), photographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1908]
Call Number:
BrSide4o Zc72 908Laz 01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Postcard from a photograph by P.E. Larson depicts four dismounted men and four burros at a summit in the Funeral Mountains; looking out over Death Valley below
Description:
Title from caption in lower right of image., Imprint from recto, lower left., and Recto, lower left: No. 4129.
Publisher:
Palm Studio
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada, Goldfield, Funeral Mountains (Calif.), and Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dismounting on summit of Funeral Range : looking down Death Valley, Cal

2.
Jack Randall Crawford collection of photographs of mining operations in Arizona, Nevada and

Creator:
Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878-
Published / Created:
1907-1908.
Call Number:
WA Photos 91
Image Count:
188
Abstract:
Photographs of copper and gold mining activities, camps and miners in Nevada and California, and of a trail ride through the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In Nevada there are views of the Mohawk Mine in Goldfield, the J. R. Crawford Copper Mine and camp near Schurz, and the boom town of Rawhide, Photographs of California include views of Mt. Grant, Mt. Wilson, the San Gabriel Range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Arroyo Seco, and the Tarantula Mine, There are also photographic and photomechanical postcards, many in color, depicting Donner Lake, Sonora, Sacremento and San Francisco in California, and views of Reno and the mining towns of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada. A double-postcard depicts a panoramic view of the Truckee River and dam. Two postcards are addressed to J. Randall Crawford at the Princeton Club in New York and a third is addressed to Mrs. J. R. Crawford in England, and J. R. Crawford is present in many of the photographs, including an interior view of the Tarantula Mine eight hundred feet below the surface
Description:
Detailed manuscript captions are in the hand of J.R. Crawford. Several photographs and all of the postcards are views by commercial photographers in Nevada and California (Kennedy, Larson, Mitchell, Owens, Rieder, and Weidner). and Jack Randall Crawford received his B.S. and M.A. from Princeton University (1901, 1903). From 1909 to 1946 he was an Associate Professor of English at Yale University.
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., California., Goldfield (Nev.), Reno (Nev.), Ragtown (Nev.), Tonopah (Nev.), Nevada, Sierra Madre Mountains (Calif.), California, and Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878- and Tarantula Mine (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Copper mines and mining, and Mines and mineral resources
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jack Randall Crawford collection of photographs of mining operations in Arizona, Nevada and California [graphic].

3.
Views of Goldfield, Nevada

Creator:
Titsworth Photo
Published / Created:
ca. 1905.
Call Number:
WA Photos 303
Image Count:
32
Abstract:
Photograph album of views of Goldfield, Nevada, including interiors and exteriors of mines, miners and their dwellings, and the fire department building, ca. 1905
Description:
Cover title. and Captions inscribed in negatives.
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada and Goldfield (Nev.)
Subject (Name):
Titsworth Photo.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining and Miners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Views of Goldfield, Nevada

4.
Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

Published / Created:
ca. 1898.
Call Number:
WA Photos 174
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Photographs of gold mining operations in the Yukon, including views of hydraulic mining, dredging, and the use of steam to thaw the ground. The journey to the Yukon used both steamer and rail travel, and there are views from aboard boat of the shorelines of St. Michaels, Forts Seward and Williams, and the Holy Cross Mission on the lower Yukon River, as well as scenes along the White Pass railroad, including the international boundary at White Pass. There are also several views of Dawson City
Description:
Manuscript captions on versos.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Fortification, Gold mines and mining, Hydraulic mining, Missions, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

5.
Photographs of the Yukon and Klondike, Alaska [graphic] .

Creator:
Winter and Pond Collection
Published / Created:
1897.
Call Number:
WA Photos 131
Image Count:
18
Abstract:
Photographs of Alaska, including Tlingit Indian children, Tlingit Indians gambling, loggers, and scenes of miners outfitting and in a mine tunnel. There are also views of the towns of Juneau, Sitka, and Skaguay
Description:
Advertisements on mounts. and Manuscript or letterpress captions on mounts.
Publisher:
Winter & Pond, Photo
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., Alaska, Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Sitka (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Skagway (Alaska)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Tlingit Indians, Gambling, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Yukon and Klondike, Alaska [graphic] .

6.
Hydraulic mining on the Georgetown Divide, El Dorado County, California

Creator:
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1880]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 880bi
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lithograph shows hydraulic gold mining operation on the Georgetown divide in El Dorado County, California. Jets of pressurized water hit the bare cliffs
Description:
BEIN Broadsides4to Zc72 880bi: On sheet 22.7 x 24.5 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
California Water and Mining Company and David H. Gildersleeve
Subject (Geographic):
California and El Dorado County (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining and Hydraulic mining
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hydraulic mining on the Georgetown Divide, El Dorado County, California

7.
Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866

Creator:
Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
Published / Created:
[1866]
Call Number:
WA Prints +209
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Print depicts the Gold Dirt mining camp near Rollingsville in Gilpin County, Colorado; in foreground, left, two saddled horses; foreground center, two men standing near two others; middle ground, center, mill and other buildings; background, mountains and sky
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
E. Sachse Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado and Gilpin County (Colo.)
Subject (Name):
Rollins, John Q. A., 1816-1894. (John Quincy Adams), and Gold Dirt Mine
Subject (Topic):
Gold, Milling, Gilpin County, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866

8.
Banking-house, Denver City, Colorado--miners bringing in gold dust

Creator:
Davis, Theodore R., artist
Published / Created:
[1866]
Call Number:
BrSide4o Zc49 866da
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Hand colored woodcut illustrating miners bringing gold dust into the C.A. Cook and Company bank in Denver, Colorado; interior view shows signs for C.A Cook & Company, Butterfield Overland Dispatch Company Express Office; miners, tellers, scales
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc49 866da: On sheet 19.0 x 29.3 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Colorado
Subject (Name):
C. A. Cook and Company (Denver, Colorado)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining and Banks and banking
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Banking-house, Denver City, Colorado--miners bringing in gold dust

9.
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate

Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Published / Created:
ca. 1860-1861.
Call Number:
WA Photos 208
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
8
Abstract:
Glass stereographs of Frémont's Mariposa estate include exterior (and some interior) views of the Josephine, Mount Ophir, Oso, and Princeton mines; the Agua Fria, Bear Valley, Benton, and Oso mills; Guadelupe Valley, Mormon Bar, Stockton Creek, and Tower Rock; an Indian Camp in Bear Valley; and a railroad bridge at Hells Hollow. There are three stereographs depicting Jessie Frémont, another of the Frémont residence, and one seemingly unrelated view of Alcatraz
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins, western photographer. Col. John C. Frémont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Frémont's Mariposa estate and its assets. Frémont's mining estate, Las Mariposas, was situated near Bear Valley, California and included the gold mines of Princeton, Josephine, Pine Tree, Mount Ophir, and Mariposa., Negatives available, Glass stereographs and related material housed in 4 boxes., and Some stereographs captioned.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Mariposa County, Mariposa County (Calif.), and Mariposa Estate (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 and Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate

10.
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate

Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Published / Created:
ca. 1860-1861.
Call Number:
WA Photos 208
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
23
Abstract:
Glass stereographs of Frémont's Mariposa estate include exterior (and some interior) views of the Josephine, Mount Ophir, Oso, and Princeton mines; the Agua Fria, Bear Valley, Benton, and Oso mills; Guadelupe Valley, Mormon Bar, Stockton Creek, and Tower Rock; an Indian Camp in Bear Valley; and a railroad bridge at Hells Hollow. There are three stereographs depicting Jessie Frémont, another of the Frémont residence, and one seemingly unrelated view of Alcatraz
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins, western photographer. Col. John C. Frémont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Frémont's Mariposa estate and its assets. Frémont's mining estate, Las Mariposas, was situated near Bear Valley, California and included the gold mines of Princeton, Josephine, Pine Tree, Mount Ophir, and Mariposa., Negatives available, Glass stereographs and related material housed in 4 boxes., and Some stereographs captioned.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Mariposa County, Mariposa County (Calif.), and Mariposa Estate (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 and Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1849 to 1908

View larger »