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Title
Sundry Amusements in the Mines
Creator
Britton & Rey, printer
Britton & Rey, publisher
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Image contains four vignettes depicting activities in the daily life of miners. The vignette on the top left is of three miners washing their clothes in a stream. The vignette on the top right is of two miners cooking in a tent. The vignette on the bottom left is of two miners mending their boots and clothes in a tent. The vignette on the bottom right is of two miners discovering a bear in their tent. The number 23 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; 20.8 x 27 cm (8 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.) overall
Identifier
48052:043
7307
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23429
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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