Miners Weighing Their Gold The Dream of a Prospecting Miner
Miners Weighing Their Gold / The Dream of a Prospecting Miner
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- Description (Brief)
- Black and white print on blue paper of two views in the California mine fields. The upper view depicts three men around a table weighing gold in a balance scale. The lower view depicts a man sleeping on the ground with a rifle beside him. Small images above him show his dreams. The images are on the front of a folded four page letter sheet. The letter inside from a miner to his brother is dated May 21, 1850.
- 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: 10 in x 7 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.3801
- catalog number
- 60.3801
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Drinking
- Communication, letter writing
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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