Gold miners Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robison panning for gold, San Gabriel Canyon, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Gold miners Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robison panning for gold, San Gabriel Canyon, 1932

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Frank Robison, in sleeveless shirt and hat with headlamp, seated on rocks over stream holding gold pan; Mrs. Frank Robison, in torn shirt and pants, squatting on rocks behind him; hopper built over stream in background, sluice box weighted by rocks at right, stream flowing into foreground, two other men at left, trees and mountains in background
A similar photograph appears with the article “Gold Gleaners Ply Trade in San Gabriel Canyon, Cream Skimmed in Early Days, but Ancient Diggings Still Yield Pittance to Patient Toil.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Sept. 1932: A1, with caption: Pan and Rocker Again in Use on Southland Streams. Gold Rush Days Recalled in San Gabriel Canyon. Gold! But not enough to get excited about, agree Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robison, recently of Oklahoma.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Calif. - San Gabriel Canyon - Gold Mining

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Robison, Frank
Robison, Frank, Mrs.

Location

San Gabriel Canyon (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Gold mining--California--San Gabriel Canyon
Gold miners--California--San Gabriel Canyon
Gold mining equipment--California--San Gabriel Canyon
Gold panning--California--San Gabriel Canyon