Miners Weighing Their Gold / The Dream of a Prospecting Miner
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: Britton & Rey
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print on blue paper of two views in the California mine fields. The upper view depicts three men around a table weighing gold in a balance scale. The lower view depicts a man sleeping on the ground with a rifle beside him. Small images above him show his dreams. The images are on the front of a folded four page letter sheet. The letter inside from a miner to his brother is dated May 21, 1850.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Communication, letter writing
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3801
label: catalog number
content: 60.3801
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Stationery
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 in x 7 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm