Mining life in California--Chinese miners – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Mining life in California--Chinese miners. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Among the many mining-camp scenes that Harper's Weekly printed in the 1850s, this wood engraving stands out for its focus on Chinese miners and the barbering trade that served them. It appeared in the October 3, 1857 issue, when Chinese men had come to California's gold fields in growing numbers since 1849 and often worked claims that Anglo miners had passed over. The record's subjects also point to the camp's daily routines, including work and shaving within the same settlement. Engravings like this one were made for a broad eastern readership, so they offer a view of how the period's press framed mining labor and the foreign workers within it.
| Created / published | 1857 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, no. 40 (1857 Oct. 3), p. 632. |
| Subjects | Chinese--Employment--California--1850-1860. Barbering--California--1850-1860. Work camps--California--1850-1860. Miners--California--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,279 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-206156 |
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