Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: California Mining Illustrated
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Group Creator Name:
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- Barber & Baker (active ca. 1855), publisher
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Title:
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California Mining Illustrated
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Date:
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c1855
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Materials:
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print on paper: engraving
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Dimensions:
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27.1 x 23.5 cm., image on sheet 27.1 x 46.9 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0004--B
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Subject:
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- Equipment
- Gold rushes
- Miners
- Mining
- Engravings
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Three views of mining operations including dry diggings: showing use of hydraulic equipment; wet diggings: showing use of sluices and waterwheels; and quartz mill: showing use of waterwheel and millstones. Text in center describes modes of working gold mines.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (UC). Printed (UC, below title): Barber & Baker, publishers, cor[ner] J & 3[r]d st[reet]s, Sacramento; (LC): Entered... 1855 by Barber & Baker... California. Printed captions. Handwritten letter on recto and verso.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf0b69n9tr
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