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The 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in northern California
set off a mining explosion that greatly hastened the development of
the American West. This new book gathers historic photographs of
mining in the Old West, from "panning" for gold in the waters of
California to deep mining throughout the Western Territorities. The
photos capture the lives of miners and the tent cities and early
towns that grew up around the mines. What is captured is the stuff
of which legends were made: the old saloons, wooden sidewalks, and
dirt streets. Readers look the old miners in the eye, where the
harshness of their lives is etched. They also see the places where
they worked: the makeshift mining operations rising on
mountainsides just out of town, the deep and dusty shafts, the
tools and machinery designed to mine the precious ore. With over
300 vintage images, this is a treasure trove for historians, Old
West aficionados, and lovers of old photographs.
On April 17, 1906, San Francisco was a dense city bustling with
people, and thriving businesses. On April 18, it was in ruins, the
victim of a terrifying earthquake and dreadful fire. Over 170
vintage, photographs, some never published before delve into the
first earthquake ever photographed. Images include photographs of
various buildings and neighborhoods in the city before the
earthquake and the fire, photographs of the fire as it burns
through Front and Market Streets, the ruins and those left to cope
with them in the aftermath and the efforts to rebuild the city. The
text inside the book explores the tragic decisions made by the
city's leaders that contributed to the horrifying devestation.
Historians, collectors of vintage photographs, and anyone
interested in California history will surely want this book.
Over 280 rare and often unpublished vintage photographs explore
life in the Old West, from the Gold Rush to the First World War.
Here are the stagecoaches, the horse drawn wagons, the towns, and
the people who lived on the frontier of America. These are the
emigrants who bet their lives, and many times the lives of their
entire family, on a trip taking hundreds of days in cramped wagons
through very dangerous territories. \nWhat is remarkably evident in
this book is that there were photographers to record these events
on film. Here they are given credit for capturing on film a
historic chapter in the nations history. Their images speak for
themselves and Demlinger shares them with the reader, so they may
understand the work of these photographers who gambled that they
had recorded images for our history.
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