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Departure for El Dorado

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

2.
California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]

Creator:
Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer
Image Count:
1
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 +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]

3.
California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River

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