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Description
1999-0170. Ten commandments (entire print) -- 1999-0170a. No man shall hold but one claim -- 1999-0170b. Miner and mule near store -- 1999-0170c. Miners playing cards -- 1999-0170d. Miner's in the ""bunkhouse"" doing chores -- 1999-0170e. Indian attack miners' on the river -- 1999-0170f. Miners' ""seeing the elephant -- 1999-0170g. Liquor store -- 1999-0170h. Miners' relaxing by a stream -- 1999-0170i. Prospecting on the river -- 1999-0170j. Miners' arrive at a tent city -- 1999-0170k. Indian in the mining camp -- 1999-0170l. Bears fighting miners -- 1999-0170m. Mother and baby in the camp -- 1999-0170n. Indian attack on a wagon train. Text of the ten commandments is in the center, surrounded by 14 vignettes of life in the mines, humorously illustrating the points made in the commandments and scenes of emigrants crossing the plains. "Copyrighted in 1887 by W.P. Bennett, Gold Hill, Nevada." Negative, no. 4269, (4 x 5 in.) b/w (framed image) and (4 x 5 in.) color transparancy (no frame); 14 color transparencies (# 4,269a-n)of the vignettes surrounding the text; b/w photo in photo file under: Mines & mining: Gold: Mining camps & miners: The Miners' Pioneer Ten Commandments.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print : lithograph, col. ; 22 x 28 in.
Identifier
(C)001378580CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-1821
Language
English
Subject
Frontier & pioneer life--California Gold miners--California Covered wagons Gambling--California Bars--California Cabins--California Tents--California California--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs
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