Virginia City

Carleton E. Watkins

American, 1829–1916

Date1875, printed ca. 1876

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DepartmentPhotographs

ClassificationPhotographs

Gift of Carole and Irwin Lainoff, Ruth P. Lasser and Joseph R. Lasser, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Marvin, Martin E. and Joan Messinger, Richard L. Yett and Sheri and Paul Siegel, 1986

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How does this 19th‑century photograph of a mining shaft perpetuate a visual narrative that celebrates technological progress while masking the human and environmental costs of colonial extraction?

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