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. Essays by John Wood, poet and founding president of the Daguerreian Society; Peter Palmquist, independent scholar and curator in the field of photography; and Drew Johnson and Marcia Eymann, co-curators of the Oakland Museum exhibition that complements this volume, enhance these striking early images. In addition, annotations on the back of the photographs and written accounts of the experiences they record provide glimpses into the intentions of the photographers.

Silver & Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush

Arts & Photography

Oakland Museum of California

E. B. Crocker Art Gallery

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ of Iowa Pr

<p>SILVER AND GOLD is the first book-length treatment of the earliest major historical event to be recorded by the camera lens...more than 150 daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, many never before published...essays by independent scholars compliment these striking early images.</p>

Silver and Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush

History

Americas

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