Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 August 1834]
Call Number:
834.08.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to four designs in each row, individually titled. The pairs are visual puns, e.g., starting at the top row from the left, "A box at the opera" shows two men fist fighting; "A rain beau" shows a couple walking in the rain,...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
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 litho...
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
A group of Chinese men in traditional attire stand and sit around a table, smoking and apparently gambling, with two Chinese women standing in a nearby doorway
A sheet with 12 images of various elements of Gold Rush mining operations, each with title and letterpress explanation of the activity depicted. The image for "Rocking the cradle" includes a Chinese worker. On the sheet's right side is a column listi...
Alternative Title:
Methods of mining
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Published by J.M. Hutchings
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Mining engineering, Gold miners, Miners, Gold discoveries, and Chinese
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
Description:
John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
Description:
John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Six Chinese men depicted in traditional costume and queues walk in a line towards the left, all holding or smoking opium pipies. The two in the lead hold their heads in pain. The third man has just exhaled a large puff of smoke as he turns to the four...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Kohler
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Clothing and dress, Opium, and Opium pipes
Photograph album with images attributed to Elsie Holmes and William H. Holmes that document the ranching operations of the Cananea Cattle Company at the Cananea Ranch and the copper mining operations of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company at Canan...
