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Silver & gold: cased images of the California gold rush

  • Alternate title

    Silver and gold

Abstract

"Silver and Gold includes works by Robert Vance, P.M. Batchelder, William Shew, Frederick Coombs, and W.H. Rulofson - images of native Californians and those who shared the land with them, memorable images of the men and women who sought their fortunes in the gold fields. Photographs from the mining communities reflect the miners' rough houses, sunburned faces, and makeshift clothes, capturing the isolation and determination of people working under difficult conditions far from home."-- back cover.

Contents

Preface / Therese Thau Heyman -- Introduction / Marcia Eymann -- Mementos of Silver and Gold: California and the "True Reflected Likeness" / Drew Heath Johnson -- Theatrical Narrative and the Documents of Dream: California and the Great American Image / John Wood -- The Sad but True Story of a Daguerreian Holy Grail / Peter E. Palmquist -- The Plates.

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Publisher

  • Publication

    Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press for the Oakland Museum of California, ©1998

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  • Period

    1800-1899

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Classification

  • ISBN

    • 9780877456193
    • 0877456208
    • 9780877456209
    • 0877456194

Annotations / title notes

  • Notes

    Published in conjunction with the exhibition presented by the Oakland Museum of California, Jan. 24 to July 26, 1998; the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 30, 1998 to Mar. 7, 1999; and the Crocker Art Gallery, Aug. 13 to Oct. 10, 1999.

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