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
Photographic portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932. Two men are pictured ladling river water into a sieve at center: the leftmost man is pictured in a porkpie hat and sweater, identified as Vernon. To the right, a stout man kneels in overalls and a brimmed cap, tending to the sieve, identified as Chanser. A dog can be seen on the bank behind them. Picture file card reads: "Some of the streams of the gold country are being run through the 'rockers' again".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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