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- A.O. Schoonmaker Mica Segment Display Board, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
A.O. Schoonmaker Mica Segment Display Board, circa 1900
- Patent Model of Miners' Lamp, 1876 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- January 04, 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Miners' Lamp, 1876
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Lynn Miner with Pierre the Cat, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Lynn Miner with Pierre the Cat, 1960-1965
- Patent Model of Miners' Candle Holder, 1874 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- May 26, 1874
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Miners' Candle Holder, 1874
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Patent Model of Miners' Lamp, 1869 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- June 08, 1869
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Miners' Lamp, 1869
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Edison Model R4 Cap Lamp, 1949-1954 -
- 1949-1954
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Model R4 Cap Lamp, 1949-1954
- Portrait of Mr. Thurston, a Gold Miner, circa 1850 - The daguerreotype, popular in the early 1840s-late 1850s, was the first form of photography available to the public. Sheets of silver-plated copper--polished to a mirror finish--were bathed in photosensitive vapors, and exposed in cameras. In formal studios and traveling booths, photographers created affordable portraits. For the first time, people saw their likenesses--fixed permanently in time and place.
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Mr. Thurston, a Gold Miner, circa 1850
The daguerreotype, popular in the early 1840s-late 1850s, was the first form of photography available to the public. Sheets of silver-plated copper--polished to a mirror finish--were bathed in photosensitive vapors, and exposed in cameras. In formal studios and traveling booths, photographers created affordable portraits. For the first time, people saw their likenesses--fixed permanently in time and place.
- Emeline Morrow's High School Graduation Portrait, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Emeline Morrow's High School Graduation Portrait, circa 1930
- Emeline Morrow Miner and Her Son Lynn Miner in Front of Her Home, Spokane, Washington, July 1994 -
- July 01, 1994
- Collections - Artifact
Emeline Morrow Miner and Her Son Lynn Miner in Front of Her Home, Spokane, Washington, July 1994
- The Miner's Ten Commandments, 1853 - Englishman James H. Hutchings immigrated to California during the gold rush. Finding success, he authored these rules to live by for miners also looking to make a fortune. Later, lured by stories of breathtaking scenery, Hutchings became one of the first settlers in the Yosemite Valley and would eventually advocate for the creation of Yosemite National Park.
- 1853
- Collections - Artifact
The Miner's Ten Commandments, 1853
Englishman James H. Hutchings immigrated to California during the gold rush. Finding success, he authored these rules to live by for miners also looking to make a fortune. Later, lured by stories of breathtaking scenery, Hutchings became one of the first settlers in the Yosemite Valley and would eventually advocate for the creation of Yosemite National Park.