Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Celestial empire in California: Miners/Gamblers
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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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- Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher
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Title:
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Celestial empire in California: Miners/Gamblers
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Date:
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[18--]
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Materials:
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print on paper: lithograph
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Dimensions:
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27.2 x 21.4 cm., sheet
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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 1963.002:0011--A
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Subject:
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- Camping
- Chinese
- Gold rushes
- Manners & customs
- Miners
- Mining
- Lithographs
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Upper image: mining camp scene with Chinese men eating, shaving and braiding hair, and working with picks, etc. Lower image: interior of gambling house with several tables surrounded by Chinese men; games in progress.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Lith. & published by Britton & Rey; (LR): Corn[e]r Mont[gomer]y & Cal[iforni]a St[reet]s, San Francisco. Printed captions.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf358008gt
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