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Day & Night of a Miner’s Life
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Life in the Mines
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Image contains four vignettes depicting different aspects of life in the mines. The upper left vignette depicts a man flipping pancakes outside of a tent while other men sit and stand around. The upper right vignette depicts a parade of miners trudging over the hills headed for new diggings with mules, horses, and carts. The lower left vignette depicts a man up a tree with a bear after him. The lower right vignette depicts a man tending a fire while three others eat by a tent. "Lith. Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. The number 6 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Disasters of 60 Days
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Image contains four illustrations and two smaller vignettes. The four illustrations depict four different shipwrecks, each with a description of the disaster under the illustration. The center vignette depicts the explosion of a ship, and the top center vignette depicts California and her bear surrounded by a black wreath. These disaster occurred within 60 days of each other, the first occurring on February 16th, 1853, and the last occurring on April 11th, 1853. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey. Cr. California & Montgomery St. San Francisco."--text, above image. Paper color: gray.
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Miners Coat of Arms
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Image is of various articles associated with miners. These range from mining tools to cooking tools to clothing to forms of entertainment such as playing cards. Below these articles is a vignette of four men in a cabin; two play cards while the other two watch. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hal[l]. Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, lower right corner of image. Paper color: gray.
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Scenes In A Miners Life
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Image contains six vignettes depicting different aspects of life as a miner. The top two vignettes show how miners live, and the bottom four show various moments in the mining process. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey. Cor. Montg. & Comml. Sts. S. Fo."--text, below image. The number 23 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. [No. 1]
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Image contains 3 vignettes. The left vignette depicts a woman holding up a naked baby by its left foot. The center vignette depicts a four-story building with its right half fallen in and a seemingly undamaged two-story building next to it. The right vignette depicts a servant girl leaving a house with a trunk on her back and a Bible in her hand. Under each vignette is text further describing each scene. "Scene on Bush Street. Wreck of Building S. E. Corner of Third and Mission Streets. Scene on O'Farrell Street."--text, below image. Below the image is text describing the events of the earthquake that occurred on October 8th, 1865. This text continues onto the next page of the sheet. Paper color: buff.
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Long Bar, Yuba River
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Image is of men working in the river bed in the center, two tents and a campfire on the left bank of the river, and a coach and four and men approaching the river on the right bank. "Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers Publishing Hall. Long Wharf San Francisco."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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