Scenes in a Miners Life
Scenes in a Miners Life
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- Description (Brief)
- Black and white print on blue paper depicting six views of a miners life. "Night in the Log Cabin", "Camping Out", "Going to work", "Hole gives out", "New diggings Struck", and "Next Day". This is an unused folded letter sheet with the image on its first page.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Stationery
- Lithograph
- Date made
- n.d.
- maker
- Britton & Rey
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Measurements
- image: 9 3/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 24.765 cm x 18.7325 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.3810
- catalog number
- 60.3810
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Livestock
- Drinking
- Eating
- Communication, letter writing
- Miners
- Furnishings
- Music
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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