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The Monitor / H. Sandham. – Vintage Print

The Monitor / H. Sandham., [published 1883] — historic print
The Monitor / H. Sandham., [published 1883]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Its title names the monitor, the large nozzle that hydraulic miners used to blast gravel banks with a jet of water, so this picture shows a machine rather than a person. Henry Sandham drew it for the January 1883 issue of *The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine*. Hydraulic mining was booming in California then, and the silt it sent into rivers soon drew lawsuits and, later, court limits.

Created / published[published 1883]
Medium1 print.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1880-1890.Prints 1880-1890.
NotesIllustration by Henry Sandham. Illus. in: The Century illustrated monthly magazine; 1883 Jan., p. 325.
SubjectsGold mining--California--1880-1890. Hydraulic mining--California--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,286 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177640

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