Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a drawing showing gold digging and washing in Placer County, ca.1900. Several different techniques are shown: in the background at left, a man is pushing a cart out of an underground mine in the lower left corner a man is panning for gold in the foreground at right, three prospectors shovel gold into a box full of running water at center, three miners are pulling a bucket up from a well and in the background at right, a group of men is shoveling dirt into a long aqueduct. All of the men are wearing broad-brimmed hats, long pants and long-sleeved shirts.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs art
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