Group of miners
Item — Box: 01
Identifier: DAG-9G
Content Description
One whole-plate daguerreotype measuring 15.5 x 20.5 cm. Plate has been enclosed in a contemporary mount. Group portrait of nine miners, all men. Four men stand at back, five men sit at front. Man at front right holds a book; two men sitting at front hold mining equipment, including a shovel. Portrait was probably taken between 1849 and 1860.
Dates
- circa 1850s
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Extent
1 photograph
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Group of Miners daguerreotype
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jaime Henderson, 2018
- Date
- October 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository