BEIN GER52: Imperfect: 24 cards wanting (Ace of Clubs, 7 of Spades, 8 of Clubs, trumps I-XXI). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, red, King of Spades with harp and attached child's head; Jack of Spades with leaping dog; King of Hearts holds orb and sword, crowned eagle at side; King of Diamonds in left profile; Jack of Diamonds holds halberd: ER; King of Clubs with shield [Berlin bear] at feet. The courts are related to the Paris style., and The courts are related to the Paris style.
A satirical look at the characters in Gold Rush California, including miners, gamblers, charlatans, and other get-rich-quick schemers. Includes scenes of a miner carrying/wearing all his worldy goods, an exorbitant restaurant bill at Delmonico, an ersatz Jenny Lind in performance, and a central group of both men and women jostling their way into a mine
Alternative Title:
Departure for Eldorado
Description:
Title from sign above mine entrance at center of image.
Publisher:
Lith. by Quirot
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Internal migrants, Gold discoveries, and Wealth
The print reproduces Thomas Hill's painting "Driving the last spike" above a key to seventy-one of the persons represented in the painting; also, a short essay by the historian Richard Dillon
Description:
At foot of sheet: Published by The Nut Tree to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the "Driving of the last spike," Nut Tree, California, 95688.
Publisher:
The Nut Tree
Subject (Geographic):
Utah
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
The print reproduces Thomas Hill's painting "Driving the last spike" above a key to seventy-one of the persons represented in the painting; also, a short essay by the historian Richard Dillon
Description:
At foot of sheet: Published by The Nut Tree to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the "Driving of the last spike," Nut Tree, California, 95688.
Publisher:
The Nut Tree
Subject (Geographic):
Utah
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Engraving depicts European Americans in wagon train on hilly trail. Covered wagons are drawn by oxen, while loose cattle and a dog wander between them. One couple is walking past rocks at left, a mounted man in foreground leads the way while another man holding long whip stands alongside front wagon. In background, snowy mountain peaks
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc10 869ha: On sheet 22.3 x 29.4 cm. Hand colored., Title from caption below image., and Printed below image: Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1869, by D. Appleton & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y.
Reproduction of a work by Seth Eastman from a sketch by J. H. Eaton. Depicts Fort Defiance as built in 1851-1852. In the foreground, Native Americans approach the fort in a line on horseback; within the fort, U.S. Army soldiers drill. The fort is at the foot of an escarpment. One-third of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 29.
Woodcut illustration showing Fort Washita in mid-ground; two wagons in lower left; two riders and horses in lower right; with caption below image: Fort Wachita
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc41 861fo: On sheet 6.5 x 24.5 cm that has been cut from the top of a larger sheet. and At head of sheet: 286. Harper's Pictorial history of the Civil War. 1861.
Print advertising opportunities for homes and land in the new state of South Dakota and offers official information from the Commissioner of Immigration in Aberdeen. Primary image is a female figure wearing a tiara labeled "South Dakota" and holding a paper in her left hand that reads "free homes" and in her right hand is a scroll showing images and names of public institutions; at her feet, a book open to the "Record of Progress" in the territory and state of South Dakota, from "permanent white settlement" in 1856 to the first state legislature in 1890. Text below title includes reference to the opening of the Sioux Reservation to homestead settlement
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc35 890soz 01: Mounted on linen sheet 74 x 54 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
F. H. Hagerty, Commissioner of Immigration and Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota and Great Sioux Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Land tenure, Migration, Internal, Real property, Race relations, and Emigration and immigration