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
A group of civilians (mostly men) look across an open space to where two barely discernible individuals have been hanged from the roof of a row of buildings
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed by F. Kuhl
Subject (Geographic):
California and San Francisco
Subject (Name):
Casey, James P., Cora, Charles, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
On the right side of the sheet are scenes of California's Gold Rush past, including migration, prospecting, and men disembarking from a sailing ship; on the left are scenes of the state's increasingly settled present, including a stagecoach, agriculture, a public school, and a crowded steamship at a crowded dock. An incongruous elephant in the top center may be a reference to the phrase "seeing the elephant" about overcoming hardship
Alternative Title:
Past and present of California
Description:
Title from caption at bottom of image. and "11"--Upper right corner.
