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 a prospector with his burros during the days of the gold rush, ca.1900. The grisly old prospector stands to the left of center, dressed in worn clothes and a tattered hat, holding his donkey's lead. The donkey stands at center, wooden equipment and concentrate loaded in a huge pile on his back. A second donkey can be seen in the background along with the hillside and a tree pictured to the right.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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