The_Heathen_Chinee_Prospecting_1852.jpg


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English: Chinese miner panning for gold in California in 1852. The photo is captioned "The Heathen Chinee Prospecting Calif. Year 1852", an early example of discrimination faced by Chinese miners during the gold rush.
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Source https://delivery.library.ca.gov:8443/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE72634
Author Eadweard Muybridge
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The author died in 1904, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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