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LL/74415
William Shew
Placer mining near Hangtown, California
1851 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
9.5 x 12.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977.0243.0013
 
LL/74415

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LL/11398
Unidentified photographer
Straw-hatted gold miner
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11398 [Further details available]

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LL/11397
Unidentified photographer
Straw-hatted miner with pick, pan and shovel
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/11397 [Further details available]

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LL/79006
Unidentified daguerreotypist
Group of miners
1850s (ca)
Daguerreotype
 
California Historical Society
 
LL/79006

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LL/63336
Unidentified photographer (active ca. 1850)
Miner - Moses Warren
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
AMC - Archive of Modern Conflict
Promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/63336 [Further details available]

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LL/38272
Unidentified photographer
Two miners
1850-1855
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate
 
California State Library
Record no: 001387671
 
LL/38272

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LL/63342
Unidentified photographer (active ca. 1850)
Outdoor scene with miners
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
AMC - Archive of Modern Conflict
Promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/63342

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LL/114508
Unidentified photographer (USA, 19th century)
Untitled (Gold Miners in Front of a Pond)
1850
Daguerreotype
 
Art Institute of Chicago
The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust, Reference Number: 2019.498
 
LL/114508

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LL/38270
Unidentified photographer
[Portrait of 23 miners at sluice]
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
California State Library
Record no: 001379301
 
LL/38270

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LL/38267
Joseph B. Starkweather [Attributed to]
African American Miner Working a Long Tom
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
California State Library
Record no: 001379055
 
LL/38267 [Further details available]

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LL/50627
James M. Ford
Portrait of a Boy with Gold-Mining Toys
1854, March-September
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.269.22
 
LL/50627

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LL/70446
Carleton E. Watkins [Attributed to]
Miners' Tent Store
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/70446 [Further details available]

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LL/50223
Fauchery & Daintree
Washing out a good prospect
[Sun Pictures of Victoria]
1858 (ca)
Albumen silver print
14 x 20.6 cm
 
State Library of Victoria
Identifier(s): Accession no(s) H84.167/34
 
LL/50223

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LL/40365
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Miner at Work, Virginia City, Nevada
[Photographs: Geological Explorations of the 40th Parallel, Clarence, King, Geologist in Charge]
1868
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
16.4 x 13.7 cm (6 7/16 x 5 3/8 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.106
 
LL/40365

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LL/80733
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Miner underground, Virginia City, Nevada
1868
Albumen print
7 x 7 7/8 ins (17.78 x 20 cm) (image)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.3265
 
LL/80733

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LL/5860
Mogoli Ruby Miner
1890 (ca)
Bromide print
9 1/4 x 7 1/4
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
 
LL/5860

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LL/27778
Mayer & Pierson
M. de Sébille as a miner and with a miner's light on top of his hat - costume ball organized in Bruxelles by the Duke of Brabant
1857
Salted paper print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 107)
 
LL/27778 [Further details available]

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LL/99939
Bouschon (Ardèche)
A French miner with a Davy lamp
1880-1890 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laure Deratte
 
LL/99939

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LL/99940
Bouschon (Ardèche)
A French miner with a Davy lamp
1880-1890 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laure Deratte
 
LL/99940

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LL/7628
Unidentified photographer
"Forty-niner," Street Advertiser in Studio, San Francisco
1890
Albumen print
18.7 x 12.4 cm (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in)
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
 
LL/7628

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LL/68294
John Cooper (Wigan)
Portrait of an unidentified female coal worker with a spade and sieve
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.133
 
LL/68294

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LL/68298
Louisa (?) Millard (Wigan)
Female coal workers
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.157
 
LL/68298

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LL/86296
R. Little (Wigan, England)
Female Collier from Rose Bridge Pits
1869
Carte de visite
 
Trinity College Library, Cambridge University
Munby 112/7c
 
LL/86296

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LL/86298
Unidentified photographer
Pit brow girl, Shevington
1867
Carte de visite
 
Trinity College Library, Cambridge University
Munby 111/15a
 
LL/86298

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LL/86300
Unidentified photographer
Belgian Pit Girls Hauling a Coal Wagon
1862
Albumen print
 
Trinity College Library, Cambridge University
Munby 120/21b
 
LL/86300

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LL/17837
Moisés Valdéz [Attributed to]
Picnicking miners near Tupiza
1890 (ca)
Albumen print
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
 
LL/17837

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LL/108208
T.N. Barnard
A miner prospector at home
1889 (ca)
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-09578 (digital file from original stereograph)
 
LL/108208

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LL/66650
Richard Daintree
No. 17. Gold Miners' Bark HutFree Selector's Slab Hut
[Images of Queensland]
1870 (ca)
Autotype
 
Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 2009 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 30th Anniversary Appeal, Acc: 2009.212.017
 
LL/66650

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LL/100643
Unidentified photographer
Miners in the coal face [Kazakhs. Kazakhstan, Karaganda region, the city of Karaganda]
1900s
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1905-60
 
LL/100643

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LL/12552
Wilhelm Hester
Miners using sluice, Anvil Creek, Alaska
1898
Albumen print
7.5 x 9 in (191 x 229 mm)
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#9711)
 
LL/12552 [Further details available]

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LL/39674
Lewis W. Hine
National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car.
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1906, October (uncertain)
Photographic print
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01083 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-69151 (b&w film copy negative)
 
LL/39674

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LL/39483
Unidentified photographer
Miners with mules
1912
Real photo postcard
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in (approx.)
 
Private collection of Leonard A. Lauder
 
LL/39483 [Further details available]

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LL/20759
Roberto M. Gerstmann
Bolivian Miner
1920
Silver bromide print
9 x 7 in
 
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
 
LL/20759

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LL/17826
Georges B. von Grumbkow [Attributed to]
Real Socavon, Potosi
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
9 1/2 x 7 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
 
LL/17826

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LL/35579
Lewis W. Hine
Vance, a trapper boy, coal mine
1908
Gelatin silver print
4 1/4 x 6 in (10.8 x 15.2 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2208 Lot 25
 
LL/35579 [Further details available]

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LL/8632
Lewis W. Hine
Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co.
1911, January
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7477, no. 1942 / LC-DIG-nclc-01131 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8632

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LL/14580
Lewis W. Hine
Untitled
n.d.
 
Private collection of W.J. Coville
Courtesy of W.J. Coville (#283)
 
LL/14580

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LL/37120
Francis Benjamin Johnston
Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pa.
1891
Cyanotype
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-2322 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-10106 (b&w film copy neg.)
 
LL/37120

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LL/102237
Unidentified photographer
[Mining Class]
[Frank Klepetko Michigan Mining Cyanotype Album]
1880 (ca)
Cyanotype
 
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
uan: NMAH-AC1042-0000003
 
LL/102237

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LL/101073
Unidentified photographer
Mining scene
n.d.
Photograph
9 x 7 ins (image) 12 x 10 ins (mount)
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/101073

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LL/15718
F. Schaetzke
Coal Mine, Bochum
1893
Collodion paper print
15,4 x 11 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
(88 / 4073)
 
LL/15718

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LL/70840
Gustave Marissiaux
Mineurs au travail, Deux mineurs travaillant dans une galerie
[La Houillère]
1904-1905
Glass stereoview
 
Archives de Wallonie
Identifier: MAR-MPC-D-GM-1999-S0017
 
LL/70840

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LL/85461
Frantisek Drtikol
Untitled
1920
Gelatin silver print
16 x 22 cm (19.5 x 27 cm)
 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
11 December 2018, Photography - online auction, Lot: 2010
 
LL/85461

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LL/124008
Herbert Hensky (1910-2005)
The miner Adolf Hennecke in the former occupation zone of Germany
1948
Gelatin silver print
60 x 50 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4194
 
LL/124008 [Further details available]

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LL/50044
B. Anthony Stewart
A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West Virginia
1938
Black and white photograph
 
National Geographic - FOUND
Posted on FOUND, 15 March 2013.
 
LL/50044

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LL/62403
Robert Frank
Ben James, Miner from Caerau, Wales
1953 (taken) 1979 (print)
Gelatin silver print
24.5 x 33.5 cm
 
Ader Nordmann
15 November 2015, Lot: 265
 
LL/62403

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LL/66205
Robert Frank
Welsh miners
1951-1953 (taken) 1970 (ca, print)
Silver print
8 1/4x12 1/4 ins (21x31.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, 19 April 2016, Lot: 168
 
LL/66205

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LL/66206
Bruce Davidson
Wales
1965 (taken) 1970s (print)
Silver print
20x24 ins (50.8x61 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, 19 April 2016, Lot: 169
 
LL/66206

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LL/27831
Gordon Parks
Gold Mining, Yellowknife, Canada
1945, September
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 145)
 
LL/27831 [Further details available]

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LL/38029
W. Eugene Smith
Miners Underground
[International Nickel]
1967-1968
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 10 1/2 ins
 
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Inventory no: 0043908
 
LL/38029 [Further details available]

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LL/48263
Colin Jones
Seven Sisters, South Wales
1997
Gelatin silver print
48 x 33cm (18 7/8 x 13in)
 
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Photographs, 22 May 2012, Lot: 122
 
LL/48263 [Further details available]

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LL/28755
Theo Frey
Workers of the coalmine at Chandolin, Romandy
1942 (taken, modern print)
Gelatin silver print
208 x 208 mm
 
Swiss Foundation for Photography / Fotostiftung Schweiz / Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie
© Swiss Foundation for Photography (2007.56.001)
 
LL/28755

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LL/45771
Georgi Zelma
The best miners get photographed
1930
Gelatin silver print
 
Museum Ludwig
Daniela Mrazkova Collection
 
LL/45771

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LL/2435
Marion Post Wolcott
Coal Miner Waiting For A Ride. Each Pays 25 Cents A Week To Car Owner. WV
1938
Gelatin silver print
9.1 x 8.6
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
 
LL/2435

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LL/12511
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Miners dressing room, Lens, France
1954
Gelatin silver print
 
Galerie Agathe Gaillard
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier - courtesy of Galerie Agathe Gaillard (Paris, France)
 
LL/12511 [Further details available]

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LL/43274
Louie Palu
Gold miner drilling in a sub-level, Cheminis Mine, Larder lake, Ontario.
[Cage Call]
1991-2006
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 ins
 
Provided by the artist - Louie Palu
 
LL/43274 [Further details available]

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LL/43276
Louie Palu
Miner Lester Beattie having a smoke after drilling, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario.
[Cage Call]
1991-2006
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 ins
 
Provided by the artist - Louie Palu
 
LL/43276 [Further details available]

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LL/69555
Bruce Davidson
Welsh Miners
1970
Gelatin silver print
25.2 x 20.4 cm (9 7/8 x 8 ins)
 
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Fine Photographs, 20 October 2016, Lot 58
 
LL/69555

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Agricultural and pastoral - Richard Daintree: Images of Queensland (ca. 1870)
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Occupationals
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Occupationals
Australia - Antoine Fauchery & Richard Daintree: Australia: Goldfields in Victoria
Australia - Antoine Fauchery & Richard Daintree: Sun Pictures of Victoria (1858)
Australia - Richard Daintree: Images of Queensland (ca. 1870)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Incongruous
Belgium - Gustave Marissiaux: La Houillère (1904-1905)
Bolivia - Mining in Bolivia (1870s-1930s)
Bolivia - Roberto M. Gerstmann: Mining in Bolivia
California - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
California - Introduction to photography in California
Cars - Cars
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Commercial - Richard Daintree: Images of Queensland (ca. 1870)
Consumables - Smoking, cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookahs
Cyanotypes - Cyanotypes and Pictorialism
Cyanotypes - Cyanotypes: Portraits
Cyanotypes - Francis Benjamin Johnston: Cyanotypes
Daguerreotypes - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Daguerreotypes - Painted daguerreotypes
Documentary - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
Events - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Fabricated realities - Backgrounds: Incongruous
France - Introduction to photography in France
FSA - Farm Security Administration - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
FSA - Farm Security Administration - Marion Post Wolcott: FSA - Farm Security Administration
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Documentary
Germany - Introduction to photography in Germany
Group portraits - Group portraits
Hand-painted photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Industrial - Lewis W. Hine: Coal mines
Industrial - Timothy O'Sullivan: The mines of Nevada (ca. 1868)
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in California
Land transportation - Cars
Leisure - Leisure: Costume balls
Mining and extraction - Antoine Fauchery & Richard Daintree: Australia: Goldfields in Victoria
Mining and extraction - Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855)
Mining and extraction - Gustave Marissiaux: La Houillère (1904-1905)
Mining and extraction - Lewis W. Hine: Coal mines
Mining and extraction - Miners
Mining and extraction - Mining in Bolivia (1870s-1930s)
Mining and extraction - Photography and mining
Mining and extraction - Roberto M. Gerstmann: Mining in Bolivia
Mining and extraction - Timothy O'Sullivan: The mines of Nevada (ca. 1868)
Nevada - Timothy O'Sullivan: The mines of Nevada (ca. 1868)
Occupational - Albumen prints: Occupationals
Occupational - Ambrotypes: Occupationals
Occupational - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Lewis W. Hine: Coal mines
Occupational - Miners
Occupational - Roberto M. Gerstmann: Mining in Bolivia
Occupational - Stereoviews: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Painting on photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Photographers - Photographs of people taking photographs
Portrait - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Costume balls
Subterranean photography - Introduction to subterranean photography
USA - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
Vernacular - Real photo postcards: Animals
West Virginia - Introduction to photography in West Virginia
Working conditions - Introduction to working conditions
World's Fairs and International Exhibitions - Richard Daintree: Images of Queensland (ca. 1870)


 
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