Rare 1860s California CDV Photo Miner Prospector Holding Claim Gold Rush Unusual taxidermy There are possibly or even

There are possibly or even probably some duplicates

Original late-1930s/mid-1940s snapshot photograph measuring approximately 3

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Original 6th plate ambrotype of a drawing or painting of a woman wearing a large hat

Embossed on the velvet pad is the photographer's info

Rare 1860s California CDV Photo Miner Prospector Holding Claim Gold Rush Unusual taxidermy There are possibly or evenInteresting 1860s carte de visite of a man in a top hat, with what looks like a bullet? hole in the middle of it and a hand drawn bird sitting on top! The man is holding what appears to be a rolled up map with more hand drawn symbols ("Bird's Eye View"), and what appears to be a cloth bag with the number 5000 on it. Maybe it's a map of a claim along with a $5000 bag of gold or silver? There were many mines around Sacramento, where this was