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[AMERICAN]

Outdoor portrait of a miner, 1850s

Quarter-plate daguerreotype, hand-tinted, mounted as oval, gilt-metal surround, red silk lining, in folding morocco case.

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The miner is standing in front of a photography studio, holding a shovel in one hand and a pick axe over his shoulder. The two signs posted to the wall behind him read Wine & Liquors and Miniatures for Eight Dollars.

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