Miners Weighing Their Gold/ The Dream of a Prospecting Miner.
date: label: Date made
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name: label: maker
content: Britton & Rey
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print 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.
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content: United States: California, San Francisco
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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.60.3873
label: catalog number
content: 60.3873
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
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content: lithograph (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm