Hydraulic mining, Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California
Book TitleHydraulic mining, Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California
Exhibition TitleHydraulic mining, Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California
Artist
William J. Shew
(American, 1820 - 1903)
Dateca. 1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.51 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.319
Signednone
InscribedOn plate verso, white label, center, in black type: “Michigan Bluff (Placer) / Daguerreotype, ca. 1855 / signed (stamped) in the / plate by Wm Sh/ew/”
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of large rocky ditch with rail road tracks running horizontally across the composition. Trestle work is seen around the upper edge of the ditch. Three blurry figures stand in the lower left corner with their backs towards the viewer. This whole plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with preserver.
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