Four gold miners with shacks and panning equipment

Item Information

Title:
Four gold miners with shacks and panning equipment
Description:
Daguerreotype features four four gold miners shown amid shacks and mining equipment. They are using a piece of equipment known as a "long tom" that sieves river or lake water from the sand and gold contained in it. Copy Neg # 14744-B.
Date:
1845–1855
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC005: Daguerreotypes collection, ca. 1845-1865
Subjects:
mining
exterior views
miners
occupations (livelihoods)
portraits
group portraits
men (male humans)
portrait format
standing
gold (metal)
mining towns
workers
California Gold discoveries
Places:
California
Extent:
1 daguerreotype; Standard case; Single thickness.: 5 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. x 3/4 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/253730
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carey
Identifier:
253730
Call #:
PC005.D02.027