Scenes in a Miners Life: Museum Object and Cultural History
Scenes in a Miners Life: Date made: n.d.. maker: Britton & Rey. Object Name: lithograph.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white print on blue paper depicting six views of a miners life. "Night in the Log Cabin", "Camping Out", "Going to work", "Hole gives out", "New diggings Struck", and "Next Day". This is an unused folded letter sheet with the image on its first page.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: n.d.
- maker: Britton & Rey
- Object Name: lithograph
- Object Type: Stationery
- Object Type: Lithograph
- Measurements: image: 9 3/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 24.765 cm x 18.7325 cm
- place made: United States: California, San Francisco
- Subject: Livestock
- Subject: Drinking
- Subject: Eating
- Subject: Communication, letter writing
- Subject: Miners
- Subject: Furnishings
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: DL.60.3810
- catalog number: 60.3810
- Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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