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Title
Dividing the Pile. [upper] Hard Road to Travel. [lower]
Creator
Britton & Rey, printer
Britton & Rey, publisher
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Upper image is of four men at a table in a cabin. One man stands at the left and is weighing gold dust over a gold pan while the other three men are seated. Lower image is of miners on a mountain trail with packed mules. There are hills in the background. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey, Cor Mont & Comml. Sts."--text, below image. The number 7 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; 27 x 20.3 cm (10 5/8 x 81/4 in.) overall
Identifier
48052:080
48733
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23470
Language
English
Subject
California--Gold discoveries
California--Pictorial works
Lithographs. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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