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(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.)
The Miners, No. 3.
Lithographed letter
sheet, 8
3
/
4
x 10
3
/
4
inches plus attached blank leaf; minor foxing, minor edge wear, inked
number in upper right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[1,000/1,500]
One of the few California letter sheets which was apparently done from a daguerreotype.
Palmquist, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, page 451; Peters, California on Stone, page
70 (a later printing by Britton & Rey).
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(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.)
The Mining Business in Four Pictures.
Lithographed letter sheet, 8
3
/
4
x 10
3
/
4
inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor
edge wear, inked number in upper right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[1,000/1,500]
Four vignettes: “Going In To It” * “Making Something” * “Making Nothing” * “Going
Out of It.” The miners don’t look nearly as healthy or well-fed at the conclusion of their
adventures. Peters, California on Stone, page 76 and plate 34 (showing a later printing by
Britton & Rey).
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