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Silver mining, Comstock Lode

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Dateca. 1867
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 × 5 5/8 inches (7.62 × 14.29 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3685
Signednone
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in black pen: "Silver Mining"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "73"; On mount verso, right edge, in black pen: [monogram - possibly "c.r.r"].
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man seated in profile inside of a narrow opening in a mine. He faces a bright light and holds a tool in his hands.
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