Group portraits
Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
California Counties Photography collection,
Collection
Identifier: PC-CO: Box [number]
Abstract
Contains photographs and postcards depicting views of specific locations, structures, people, events, and general subjects relating to cities and towns in every county of California from the 1850s to the 1980s except for San Francisco, which is collected separately.
Dates:
circa 1850-1980; Majority of material found within 1870-1970
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
Found in:
California Historical Society
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Group of miners