Resource Type: still image / Subject Heading: Gambling > California

Published / Created:: [185-]
Call Number:: WA Prints 400
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Unused pictorial letter sheet. Upper illustration entitled "Miners" shows Chinese doing daily chores and eating outside camp tents. Lower illustration entitled "Gamblers" shows Chinese gambling around a table. Miners is a mirror image of an 1857 lithograph by J.D. Borthwick entitled "Chinese camp in the mines."
Description:: Title from caption at top of images.
Publisher:: Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):: California and San Francisco.
Subject (Topic):: Chinese, Mines and mineral resources, Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, and Gambling
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Celestial empire in California

Published / Created:: [between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:: WA Prints 393 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:: Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:: Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:: Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Topic):: Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines

Published / Created:: [between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:: WA Prints 393 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:: Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:: Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:: Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Topic):: Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines