Celestial Empire in California,Miners,Gamblers,Gold Miners,Chinese,c1853

Title: Celestial empire in California : Miners ; gamblers / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, cornr. Monty. & Cala. Sts., San Francisco.
Creator(s): Britton & Rey, lithographer
Date Created/Published: San Francisco : Lith[ographed] & published by Britton & Rey, cornr. Mont[gomer]y. & Cal[iforni]a. S[treet]s ; [between 1849 and 1853]
Summary: Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) caricatured Chinese miners in camp eating and nitpicking; and (bottom) playing a game of chance; attached leaf contains an annotation.
Notes:
Title from item.
Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 26.
Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.11
Subjects:
Chinese--Men--California--1840-1860.
Gold miners--California--1840-1860.
Gold rushes--California--1840-1860.
Mining camps--California--1840-1860.
Eating & drinking--1840-1860.
Gambling--1840-1860.
Ethnic stereotypes--1840-1860.
Caricatures--1840-1860.
Lithographs--1840-1860.
Pictorial lettersheets--1840-1860.
Bookmark /2011661690/
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