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2.
- Creator:
- Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1849 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +190
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print reproduces an original satirical lithograph done by Nathaniel Currier; shows a walking man carrying all manner of implements for gold hunting; to left of center, directional sign: to St. Louis 350 miles, to California, 1700 Ms.
- Alternative Title:
- I neither borrow nor lend
- Description:
- At foot of sheet: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs & Comstock 150 Fulton Street, N.Y. & 136 Main Street, Hartford and Ensign & Thayer 12 Exchange Street, Buffalo
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The independent gold hunter on his way to California : I neither borrow nor lend
3.
- Creator:
- Cooper, George Victor, 1810-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1853]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- R.T. Young
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- Letts, J. M. (John M.) and Tracy, J. C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prospecting, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, Goldmining, Gold rushes, and Frontier & pioneer life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1848 and 1850?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs and Comstock and Ensign and Thayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento River (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, Indians of North America, African Americans, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
5.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1855?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- stilll image and text
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Departure for El Dorado
6.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1859?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 399
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two scenes of mining life. In the top scene, three miners, one of whom may be African-American, sit around a table in a cabin while a fourth miner weighs a small amount of gold. In the bottom scene, miners and their pack animals walk along a hilly trail and beside an enormous tree
- Description:
- Title from captions at bottom of each image. and "7"--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey, cor. Mont. & Comm'l. Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Gold miners, African Americans, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dividing the pile ; Hard road to travel