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Description
Tentative attribution to O.B. Silver by Peter Palmquist, based upon the locale, format (half plate ambrotype) and presentation (preserver only, lacking mat). Right reading, group portrait of townspeople(men, women, and children) taken in the street. Building and storefronts are to one side, mining works are on the other, a few trees are in the back. A group of men is sitting at a table playing cards, some are standing and drinking. One man holds a gun. One man is smoking a cigar. There is a dog, a horse and a colt[?] Some people are dressed in their best clothes, others are wearing work clothes.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 9.7 x 13 cm.
Women Children Boys Men Fathers & children Girls Infants Miners Buildings Cities and towns Commercial buildings Streets Carriages & coaches Mining districts--California--Sierra County--Sierraville--Photographs
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