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Title
Sundry amusements in the mines.
Contributor
Quirot & Co
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1850 and 1869]
Publication Information
San Francisco : Quirot & Co
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
1999-0032
PRINTS: LETTERSHEETS: SUNDRY AMUSEMENTS IN THE MINES
Four illustrations, left to right, down: A sundays amusements; A daily pleasure; Occupation for rainy days; A pleasant surprise. On blue wove.
A sundays amusements shows man standing to hang up wet pants and shirt, another seated, soaking his feet in a stream, another washing clothes in the background; A daily pleasure shows two men cooking in a tent, one seated on a bench (left) stirring a bowl, man by fire frying something in a pan, dog and coffee pot in foreground.
Occupation for rainy days shows two men in a tent, man at left mending boots, man at right mending clothes; A pleasant surprise shows two men outside a tent discovering a bear inside near the fire.
Baird,
Negative, no. 26,762 (4 x 5 in.).
Type
image
Format
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print on 16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. sheet : lithograph ; four images, 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. each.
Identifier
(C)001378227CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-1464
Subject
Gold miners--California
Tents--California
Prints
Lithographs
Pictorial lettersheets
Place
California

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