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Title: Miners weighing their gold/The dream of a prospecting miner
Contributor: Britton & Rey
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1850 and 1856]
Publication Information: San Francisco : Britton & Rey
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 1999-0033
PRINTS: LETTERSHEETS: MINERS WEIGHING THEIR GOLD/THE DREAM OF A PROSPECTING MINER
Two illustrations. Upper: three miners seated around a crude table; one weighing gold, others look on; bread, bottles, dishes, a pistol, a rifle, candle, etc. on table. Lower: miner sleeping before a fire, weapons nearby; three vignettes depicting his dreams above him, ships being loaded, miner resting near a rock, miner with pick; on white wove.
Baird,
Negative no. 19,341 (4 x 5 in.)
Type: image
Format: Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 print, 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. sheet : lithograph ; two images smaller than 5 x7 1/2 in. each.
Identifier: (C)001378226CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-1463
Subject: Gold miners--California
Prints
Lithographs
Pictorial lettersheets
Place: California

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