Dresser & Co., California gold miners

DateJune 7, 1852

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 15.24 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 6 × 3/4 inches (11.76 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.277

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InscribedInscribed on plate, lower left: "Dresser & Co. June 7th 1852"

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DescriptionImage of four men wearing brimmed hats and holding shovels while standing next to their sluice box. Three others stand behind them. In the background, a dirt road leads to a log cabin nestled among the trees. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a decorative paper covered wooden case with gold detailing along the edges, a detached lid, and an embossed purple velvet liner.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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