Title

Placer Mining, Columbia, Tuolumne County. The Main Claim, 1866. Creator: Lawrence & Houseworth.

Caption

Placer Mining, Columbia, Tuolumne County. The Main Claim, 1866. [Scene in California, USA. Placer mining is the practice of separating minerals like gold from sand or gravel, rather than from solid rock]. Albumen print, stereocard, no. 1012 from the series "Placer Mining".

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B05_364

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,6Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,5in x 8,4in / 4960 x 2508 (300dpi)

Keywords

California arts industry country art industrial photography mining location century gallery mine B&W goldmine gold mine gold mining art gallery United States of America claim 19th century black & white black and white B W gold rush albumen print nineteenth century American America USA stereoscopic photography TGN photograph landscape stereocard united states Art Institute of Chicago Stereoscopy art centre Stereograph stereocard Heritage Art albumen silver print stereographic card stereoscopics 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Lawrence & Houseworth Houseworth Lawrence & Houseworth Thomas & Co Thomas Houseworth & Co Thomas Houseworth & Company Lawrence and Houseworth Houseworth & Company Houseworth & Co Houseworth Lawrence and Houseworth Thomas & Com placer mining Tuolumne County